diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c b/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c
index fe1d44319d0a..8f725f651915 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/isight_firmware.c
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ static int isight_firmware_load(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	ptr = firmware->data;
 
+	buf[0] = 0x01;
 	if (usb_control_msg
-	    (dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0xa0, 0x40, 0xe600, 0, "\1", 1,
+	    (dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0xa0, 0x40, 0xe600, 0, buf, 1,
 	     300) != 1) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "Failed to initialise isight firmware loader\n");
@@ -100,8 +101,9 @@ static int isight_firmware_load(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		}
 	}
 
+	buf[0] = 0x00;
 	if (usb_control_msg
-	    (dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0xa0, 0x40, 0xe600, 0, "\0", 1,
+	    (dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0xa0, 0x40, 0xe600, 0, buf, 1,
 	     300) != 1) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "isight firmware loading completion failed\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;