diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir.c b/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir.c
index f2204eb77e2a..64b0aa4f4db7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/meson-ir.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_ir_irq(int irqno, void *dev_id)
 	status = readl_relaxed(ir->reg + IR_DEC_STATUS);
 	rawir.pulse = !!(status & STATUS_IR_DEC_IN);
 
-	ir_raw_event_store(ir->rc, &rawir);
-	ir_raw_event_handle(ir->rc);
+	ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout(ir->rc, &rawir);
 
 	spin_unlock(&ir->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
index 984bb82851f9..374f83105a23 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ int ir_raw_event_store_edge(struct rc_dev *dev, bool pulse)
 {
 	ktime_t			now;
 	DEFINE_IR_RAW_EVENT(ev);
-	int			rc = 0;
 
 	if (!dev->raw)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -101,8 +100,33 @@ int ir_raw_event_store_edge(struct rc_dev *dev, bool pulse)
 	ev.duration = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, dev->raw->last_event));
 	ev.pulse = !pulse;
 
+	return ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout(dev, &ev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_raw_event_store_edge);
+
+/*
+ * ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout() - pass a pulse/space duration to the raw
+ *				       ir decoders, schedule decoding and
+ *				       timeout
+ * @dev:	the struct rc_dev device descriptor
+ * @ev:		the struct ir_raw_event descriptor of the pulse/space
+ *
+ * This routine (which may be called from an interrupt context) stores a
+ * pulse/space duration for the raw ir decoding state machines, schedules
+ * decoding and generates a timeout.
+ */
+int ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout(struct rc_dev *dev, struct ir_raw_event *ev)
+{
+	ktime_t		now;
+	int		rc = 0;
+
+	if (!dev->raw)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	now = ktime_get();
+
 	spin_lock(&dev->raw->edge_spinlock);
-	rc = ir_raw_event_store(dev, &ev);
+	rc = ir_raw_event_store(dev, ev);
 
 	dev->raw->last_event = now;
 
@@ -117,7 +141,7 @@ int ir_raw_event_store_edge(struct rc_dev *dev, bool pulse)
 
 	return rc;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_raw_event_store_edge);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout);
 
 /**
  * ir_raw_event_store_with_filter() - pass next pulse/space to decoders with some processing
diff --git a/include/media/rc-core.h b/include/media/rc-core.h
index fc3a92668bab..6742fd86ff65 100644
--- a/include/media/rc-core.h
+++ b/include/media/rc-core.h
@@ -334,7 +334,9 @@ void ir_raw_event_handle(struct rc_dev *dev);
 int ir_raw_event_store(struct rc_dev *dev, struct ir_raw_event *ev);
 int ir_raw_event_store_edge(struct rc_dev *dev, bool pulse);
 int ir_raw_event_store_with_filter(struct rc_dev *dev,
-				struct ir_raw_event *ev);
+				   struct ir_raw_event *ev);
+int ir_raw_event_store_with_timeout(struct rc_dev *dev,
+				    struct ir_raw_event *ev);
 void ir_raw_event_set_idle(struct rc_dev *dev, bool idle);
 int ir_raw_encode_scancode(enum rc_proto protocol, u32 scancode,
 			   struct ir_raw_event *events, unsigned int max);