diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
index e5c4a6941d26..fbe794ca1eef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ite_cir_isr(int irq, void *data)
 	}
 
 	/* check for the receive interrupt */
-	if (iflags & ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO) {
+	if (iflags & (ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO | ITE_IRQ_RX_FIFO_OVERRUN)) {
 		/* read the FIFO bytes */
 		rx_bytes =
 			dev->params.get_rx_bytes(dev, rx_buf,