diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
index 698aecf1aad48..e676a9ef6f0d6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -1308,7 +1308,9 @@ static void uvc_video_decode_meta(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 	if (has_scr)
 		memcpy(stream->clock.last_scr, scr, 6);
 
-	memcpy(&meta->length, mem, length);
+	meta->length = mem[0];
+	meta->flags  = mem[1];
+	memcpy(meta->buf, &mem[2], length - 2);
 	meta_buf->bytesused += length + sizeof(meta->ns) + sizeof(meta->sof);
 
 	uvc_trace(UVC_TRACE_FRAME,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/uvcvideo.h b/include/uapi/linux/uvcvideo.h
index f80f05b3c423f..2140923661934 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/uvcvideo.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct uvc_xu_control_query {
  * struct. The first two fields are added by the driver, they can be used for
  * clock synchronisation. The rest is an exact copy of a UVC payload header.
  * Only complete objects with complete buffers are included. Therefore it's
- * always sizeof(meta->ts) + sizeof(meta->sof) + meta->length bytes large.
+ * always sizeof(meta->ns) + sizeof(meta->sof) + meta->length bytes large.
  */
 struct uvc_meta_buf {
 	__u64 ns;