#ifndef _RC_CORE_PRIV
 #define _RC_CORE_PRIV
 
+/* Define the max number of pulse/space transitions to buffer */
+#define        MAX_IR_EVENT_SIZE       512
+
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <media/rc-core.h>
        struct list_head                list;           /* to keep track of raw clients */
        struct task_struct              *thread;
        spinlock_t                      lock;
-       struct kfifo_rec_ptr_1          kfifo;          /* fifo for the pulse/space durations */
+       /* fifo for the pulse/space durations */
+       DECLARE_KFIFO(kfifo, struct ir_raw_event, MAX_IR_EVENT_SIZE);
        ktime_t                         last_event;     /* when last event occurred */
        enum raw_event_type             last_type;      /* last event type */
        struct rc_dev                   *dev;           /* pointer to the parent rc_dev */
 
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include "rc-core-priv.h"
 
-/* Define the max number of pulse/space transitions to buffer */
-#define MAX_IR_EVENT_SIZE      512
-
 /* Used to keep track of IR raw clients, protected by ir_raw_handler_lock */
 static LIST_HEAD(ir_raw_client_list);
 
        struct ir_raw_event ev;
        struct ir_raw_handler *handler;
        struct ir_raw_event_ctrl *raw = (struct ir_raw_event_ctrl *)data;
-       int retval;
 
        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
                spin_lock_irq(&raw->lock);
-               retval = kfifo_len(&raw->kfifo);
 
-               if (retval < sizeof(ev)) {
+               if (!kfifo_len(&raw->kfifo)) {
                        set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
                        if (kthread_should_stop())
                        continue;
                }
 
-               retval = kfifo_out(&raw->kfifo, &ev, sizeof(ev));
+               if(!kfifo_out(&raw->kfifo, &ev, 1))
+                       dev_err(&raw->dev->dev, "IR event FIFO is empty!\n");
                spin_unlock_irq(&raw->lock);
 
                mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);
        IR_dprintk(2, "sample: (%05dus %s)\n",
                   TO_US(ev->duration), TO_STR(ev->pulse));
 
-       if (kfifo_in(&dev->raw->kfifo, ev, sizeof(*ev)) != sizeof(*ev))
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (!kfifo_put(&dev->raw->kfifo, *ev)) {
+               dev_err(&dev->dev, "IR event FIFO is full!\n");
+               return -ENOSPC;
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }
 
        dev->raw->dev = dev;
        dev->change_protocol = change_protocol;
-       rc = kfifo_alloc(&dev->raw->kfifo,
-                        sizeof(struct ir_raw_event) * MAX_IR_EVENT_SIZE,
-                        GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (rc < 0)
-               goto out;
+       INIT_KFIFO(dev->raw->kfifo);
 
        spin_lock_init(&dev->raw->lock);
        dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
                        handler->raw_unregister(dev);
        mutex_unlock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);
 
-       kfifo_free(&dev->raw->kfifo);
        kfree(dev->raw);
        dev->raw = NULL;
 }