diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prp.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prp.c
index 54c879d7e054..783a5158a5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prp.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prp.c
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ static int prp_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 		       struct v4l2_subdev_format *sdformat)
 {
 	struct prp_priv *priv = sd_to_priv(sd);
+	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt, *infmt;
 	const struct imx_media_pixfmt *cc;
-	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u32 code;
 
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ static int prp_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	infmt = __prp_get_fmt(priv, cfg, PRP_SINK_PAD, sdformat->which);
+
 	switch (sdformat->pad) {
 	case PRP_SINK_PAD:
 		v4l_bound_align_image(&sdformat->format.width, MIN_W, MAX_W,
@@ -194,12 +196,14 @@ static int prp_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 			cc = imx_media_find_ipu_format(code, CS_SEL_ANY);
 			sdformat->format.code = cc->codes[0];
 		}
+
+		imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(&sdformat->format, infmt,
+						   true);
 		break;
 	case PRP_SRC_PAD_PRPENC:
 	case PRP_SRC_PAD_PRPVF:
 		/* Output pads mirror input pad */
-		fmt = __prp_get_fmt(priv, cfg, PRP_SINK_PAD, sdformat->which);
-		sdformat->format = *fmt;
+		sdformat->format = *infmt;
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prpencvf.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prpencvf.c
index aef038786501..5e9c817881dd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prpencvf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-ic-prpencvf.c
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ static void prp_try_fmt(struct prp_priv *priv,
 			struct v4l2_subdev_format *sdformat,
 			const struct imx_media_pixfmt **cc)
 {
+	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *infmt;
+
 	*cc = imx_media_find_ipu_format(sdformat->format.code, CS_SEL_ANY);
 	if (!*cc) {
 		u32 code;
@@ -814,22 +816,29 @@ static void prp_try_fmt(struct prp_priv *priv,
 		sdformat->format.code = (*cc)->codes[0];
 	}
 
-	if (sdformat->pad == PRPENCVF_SRC_PAD) {
-		struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *infmt =
-			__prp_get_fmt(priv, cfg, PRPENCVF_SINK_PAD,
-				      sdformat->which);
+	infmt = __prp_get_fmt(priv, cfg, PRPENCVF_SINK_PAD, sdformat->which);
 
+	if (sdformat->pad == PRPENCVF_SRC_PAD) {
 		if (sdformat->format.field != V4L2_FIELD_NONE)
 			sdformat->format.field = infmt->field;
 
 		prp_bound_align_output(&sdformat->format, infmt,
 				       priv->rot_mode);
+
+		/* propagate colorimetry from sink */
+		sdformat->format.colorspace = infmt->colorspace;
+		sdformat->format.xfer_func = infmt->xfer_func;
+		sdformat->format.quantization = infmt->quantization;
+		sdformat->format.ycbcr_enc = infmt->ycbcr_enc;
 	} else {
 		v4l_bound_align_image(&sdformat->format.width,
 				      MIN_W_SINK, MAX_W_SINK, W_ALIGN_SINK,
 				      &sdformat->format.height,
 				      MIN_H_SINK, MAX_H_SINK, H_ALIGN_SINK,
 				      S_ALIGN);
+
+		imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(&sdformat->format, infmt,
+						   true);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
index b19052fe60bc..6eaf64419a78 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
@@ -1244,11 +1244,11 @@ static void csi_try_fmt(struct csi_priv *priv,
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *infmt;
 	u32 code;
 
+	infmt = __csi_get_fmt(priv, cfg, CSI_SINK_PAD, sdformat->which);
+
 	switch (sdformat->pad) {
 	case CSI_SRC_PAD_DIRECT:
 	case CSI_SRC_PAD_IDMAC:
-		infmt = __csi_get_fmt(priv, cfg, CSI_SINK_PAD,
-				      sdformat->which);
 		incc = imx_media_find_mbus_format(infmt->code,
 						  CS_SEL_ANY, true);
 
@@ -1284,6 +1284,12 @@ static void csi_try_fmt(struct csi_priv *priv,
 			sdformat->format.field =  (infmt->height == 480) ?
 				V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_TB : V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_BT;
 		}
+
+		/* propagate colorimetry from sink */
+		sdformat->format.colorspace = infmt->colorspace;
+		sdformat->format.xfer_func = infmt->xfer_func;
+		sdformat->format.quantization = infmt->quantization;
+		sdformat->format.ycbcr_enc = infmt->ycbcr_enc;
 		break;
 	case CSI_SINK_PAD:
 		v4l_bound_align_image(&sdformat->format.width, MIN_W, MAX_W,
@@ -1310,6 +1316,10 @@ static void csi_try_fmt(struct csi_priv *priv,
 							CS_SEL_ANY, false);
 			sdformat->format.code = (*cc)->codes[0];
 		}
+
+		imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(
+			&sdformat->format, infmt,
+			priv->active_output_pad == CSI_SRC_PAD_DIRECT);
 		break;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
index f7184220d566..59523872a886 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
@@ -464,6 +464,68 @@ int imx_media_init_mbus_fmt(struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *mbus,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(imx_media_init_mbus_fmt);
 
+/*
+ * Check whether the field and colorimetry parameters in tryfmt are
+ * uninitialized, and if so fill them with the values from fmt,
+ * or if tryfmt->colorspace has been initialized, all the default
+ * colorimetry params can be derived from tryfmt->colorspace.
+ *
+ * tryfmt->code must be set on entry.
+ *
+ * If this format is destined to be routed through the Image Converter,
+ * quantization and Y`CbCr encoding must be fixed. The IC expects and
+ * produces fixed quantization and Y`CbCr encoding at its input and output
+ * (full range for RGB, limited range for YUV, and V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601).
+ */
+void imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *tryfmt,
+					struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt,
+					bool ic_route)
+{
+	const struct imx_media_pixfmt *cc;
+	bool is_rgb = false;
+
+	cc = imx_media_find_mbus_format(tryfmt->code, CS_SEL_ANY, true);
+	if (!cc)
+		cc = imx_media_find_ipu_format(tryfmt->code, CS_SEL_ANY);
+	if (cc && cc->cs != IPUV3_COLORSPACE_YUV)
+		is_rgb = true;
+
+	/* fill field if necessary */
+	if (tryfmt->field == V4L2_FIELD_ANY)
+		tryfmt->field = fmt->field;
+
+	/* fill colorimetry if necessary */
+	if (tryfmt->colorspace == V4L2_COLORSPACE_DEFAULT) {
+		tryfmt->colorspace = fmt->colorspace;
+		tryfmt->xfer_func = fmt->xfer_func;
+		tryfmt->ycbcr_enc = fmt->ycbcr_enc;
+		tryfmt->quantization = fmt->quantization;
+	} else {
+		if (tryfmt->xfer_func == V4L2_XFER_FUNC_DEFAULT) {
+			tryfmt->xfer_func =
+				V4L2_MAP_XFER_FUNC_DEFAULT(tryfmt->colorspace);
+		}
+		if (tryfmt->ycbcr_enc == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT) {
+			tryfmt->ycbcr_enc =
+				V4L2_MAP_YCBCR_ENC_DEFAULT(tryfmt->colorspace);
+		}
+		if (tryfmt->quantization == V4L2_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT) {
+			tryfmt->quantization =
+				V4L2_MAP_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT(
+					is_rgb, tryfmt->colorspace,
+					tryfmt->ycbcr_enc);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ic_route) {
+		tryfmt->quantization = is_rgb ?
+			V4L2_QUANTIZATION_FULL_RANGE :
+			V4L2_QUANTIZATION_LIM_RANGE;
+		tryfmt->ycbcr_enc = V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields);
+
 int imx_media_mbus_fmt_to_pix_fmt(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix,
 				  struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *mbus,
 				  const struct imx_media_pixfmt *cc)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-vdic.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-vdic.c
index 3dedc47ffe84..c0b6d7f3e4c9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-vdic.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-vdic.c
@@ -603,10 +603,11 @@ static void vdic_try_fmt(struct vdic_priv *priv,
 		sdformat->format.code = (*cc)->codes[0];
 	}
 
+	infmt = __vdic_get_fmt(priv, cfg, priv->active_input_pad,
+			       sdformat->which);
+
 	switch (sdformat->pad) {
 	case VDIC_SRC_PAD_DIRECT:
-		infmt = __vdic_get_fmt(priv, cfg, priv->active_input_pad,
-				       sdformat->which);
 		sdformat->format = *infmt;
 		/* output is always progressive! */
 		sdformat->format.field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
@@ -618,6 +619,9 @@ static void vdic_try_fmt(struct vdic_priv *priv,
 				      &sdformat->format.height,
 				      MIN_H, MAX_H_VDIC, H_ALIGN, S_ALIGN);
 
+		imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(&sdformat->format, infmt,
+						   true);
+
 		/* input must be interlaced! Choose SEQ_TB if not */
 		if (!V4L2_FIELD_HAS_BOTH(sdformat->format.field))
 			sdformat->format.field = V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_TB;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media.h b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media.h
index 0077c4c9ea6a..d409170632bd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media.h
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ int imx_media_enum_ipu_format(u32 *code, u32 index, enum codespace_sel cs_sel);
 int imx_media_init_mbus_fmt(struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *mbus,
 			    u32 width, u32 height, u32 code, u32 field,
 			    const struct imx_media_pixfmt **cc);
-
+void imx_media_fill_default_mbus_fields(struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *tryfmt,
+					struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *fmt,
+					bool ic_route);
 int imx_media_mbus_fmt_to_pix_fmt(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix,
 				  struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *mbus,
 				  const struct imx_media_pixfmt *cc);