diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 2e7df1de0af9..b19c75a6f595 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -530,14 +530,17 @@ static int uvc_parse_format(struct uvc_device *dev,
 		/* Find the format descriptor from its GUID. */
 		fmtdesc = uvc_format_by_guid(&buffer[5]);
 
-		if (fmtdesc != NULL) {
-			format->fcc = fmtdesc->fcc;
-		} else {
+		if (!fmtdesc) {
+			/*
+			 * Unknown video formats are not fatal errors, the
+			 * caller will skip this descriptor.
+			 */
 			dev_info(&streaming->intf->dev,
 				 "Unknown video format %pUl\n", &buffer[5]);
-			format->fcc = 0;
+			return 0;
 		}
 
+		format->fcc = fmtdesc->fcc;
 		format->bpp = buffer[21];
 
 		/* Some devices report a format that doesn't match what they
@@ -945,7 +948,7 @@ static int uvc_parse_streaming(struct uvc_device *dev,
 	interval = (u32 *)&frame[nframes];
 
 	streaming->format = format;
-	streaming->nformats = nformats;
+	streaming->nformats = 0;
 
 	/* Parse the format descriptors. */
 	while (buflen > 2 && buffer[1] == USB_DT_CS_INTERFACE) {
@@ -959,7 +962,10 @@ static int uvc_parse_streaming(struct uvc_device *dev,
 				&interval, buffer, buflen);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto error;
+			if (!ret)
+				break;
 
+			streaming->nformats++;
 			frame += format->nframes;
 			format++;