diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 2169544883e8..9fbcb67a9ee6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,16 @@ unsigned int vb2_core_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file,
 	if (!vb2_is_streaming(q) || q->error)
 		return POLLERR;
 
+	/*
+	 * If this quirk is set and QBUF hasn't been called yet then
+	 * return POLLERR as well. This only affects capture queues, output
+	 * queues will always initialize waiting_for_buffers to false.
+	 * This quirk is set by V4L2 for backwards compatibility reasons.
+	 */
+	if (q->quirk_poll_must_check_waiting_for_buffers &&
+	    q->waiting_for_buffers && (req_events & (POLLIN | POLLRDNORM)))
+		return POLLERR;
+
 	/*
 	 * For output streams you can call write() as long as there are fewer
 	 * buffers queued than there are buffers available.
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c
index 8da7470ca364..7f366f1b0377 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c
@@ -771,6 +771,12 @@ int vb2_queue_init(struct vb2_queue *q)
 	q->is_output = V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(q->type);
 	q->copy_timestamp = (q->timestamp_flags & V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK)
 			== V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_COPY;
+	/*
+	 * For compatibility with vb1: if QBUF hasn't been called yet, then
+	 * return POLLERR as well. This only affects capture queues, output
+	 * queues will always initialize waiting_for_buffers to false.
+	 */
+	q->quirk_poll_must_check_waiting_for_buffers = true;
 
 	return vb2_core_queue_init(q);
 }
@@ -824,14 +830,6 @@ unsigned int vb2_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 			poll_wait(file, &fh->wait, wait);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * For compatibility with vb1: if QBUF hasn't been called yet, then
-	 * return POLLERR as well. This only affects capture queues, output
-	 * queues will always initialize waiting_for_buffers to false.
-	 */
-	if (q->waiting_for_buffers && (req_events & (POLLIN | POLLRDNORM)))
-		return POLLERR;
-
 	return res | vb2_core_poll(q, file, wait);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_poll);
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index 5342ff4d748f..88e3ab496e8f 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ struct vb2_buf_ops {
  * @fileio_read_once:		report EOF after reading the first buffer
  * @fileio_write_immediately:	queue buffer after each write() call
  * @allow_zero_bytesused:	allow bytesused == 0 to be passed to the driver
+ * @quirk_poll_must_check_waiting_for_buffers: Return POLLERR at poll when QBUF
+ *              has not been called. This is a vb1 idiom that has been adopted
+ *              also by vb2.
  * @lock:	pointer to a mutex that protects the vb2_queue struct. The
  *		driver can set this to a mutex to let the v4l2 core serialize
  *		the queuing ioctls. If the driver wants to handle locking
@@ -467,6 +470,7 @@ struct vb2_queue {
 	unsigned			fileio_read_once:1;
 	unsigned			fileio_write_immediately:1;
 	unsigned			allow_zero_bytesused:1;
+	unsigned		   quirk_poll_must_check_waiting_for_buffers:1;
 
 	struct mutex			*lock;
 	void				*owner;