--- zbar-0.10_/zbar/video/v4l2.c	2009-10-23 21:16:44.000000000 +0300
+++ zbar-0.10_/zbar/video/v4l2.c	2014-10-13 01:47:35.714155712 +0300
@@ -308,6 +308,16 @@ static int v4l2_init (zbar_video_t *vdo,
         return(-1);
     if(vdo->iomode == VIDEO_MMAP)
         return(v4l2_mmap_buffers(vdo));
+
+    struct v4l2_requestbuffers rb;
+    memset(&rb, 0, sizeof(rb));
+    rb.count = vdo->num_images;
+    rb.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
+    rb.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR;
+    if(ioctl(vdo->fd, VIDIOC_REQBUFS, &rb) < 0)
+        return(err_capture(vdo, SEV_ERROR, ZBAR_ERR_SYSTEM, __func__,
+                           "VIDIOC_REQBUFS"));
+
     return(0);
 }
 
@@ -315,7 +325,7 @@ static int v4l2_probe_iomode (zbar_video
 {
     struct v4l2_requestbuffers rb;
     memset(&rb, 0, sizeof(rb));
-    rb.count = vdo->num_images; /* FIXME workaround broken drivers */
+    rb.count = 0; //vdo->num_images; /* FIXME workaround broken drivers */
     rb.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
     if(vdo->iomode == VIDEO_MMAP)
         rb.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;