diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-contig.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-contig.c
index 6109fb5f34e2..0c29a019bc89 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-contig.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-contig.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <media/videobuf-dma-contig.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ struct videobuf_dma_contig_memory {
 	void *vaddr;
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle;
 	unsigned long size;
+	int is_userptr;
 };
 
 #define MAGIC_DC_MEM 0x0733ac61
@@ -108,6 +110,82 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct videobuf_vm_ops = {
 	.close    = videobuf_vm_close,
 };
 
+/**
+ * videobuf_dma_contig_user_put() - reset pointer to user space buffer
+ * @mem: per-buffer private videobuf-dma-contig data
+ *
+ * This function resets the user space pointer
+ */
+static void videobuf_dma_contig_user_put(struct videobuf_dma_contig_memory *mem)
+{
+	mem->is_userptr = 0;
+	mem->dma_handle = 0;
+	mem->size = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * videobuf_dma_contig_user_get() - setup user space memory pointer
+ * @mem: per-buffer private videobuf-dma-contig data
+ * @vb: video buffer to map
+ *
+ * This function validates and sets up a pointer to user space memory.
+ * Only physically contiguous pfn-mapped memory is accepted.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful.
+ */
+static int videobuf_dma_contig_user_get(struct videobuf_dma_contig_memory *mem,
+					struct videobuf_buffer *vb)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	unsigned long prev_pfn, this_pfn;
+	unsigned long pages_done, user_address;
+	int ret;
+
+	mem->size = PAGE_ALIGN(vb->size);
+	mem->is_userptr = 0;
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	vma = find_vma(mm, vb->baddr);
+	if (!vma)
+		goto out_up;
+
+	if ((vb->baddr + mem->size) > vma->vm_end)
+		goto out_up;
+
+	pages_done = 0;
+	prev_pfn = 0; /* kill warning */
+	user_address = vb->baddr;
+
+	while (pages_done < (mem->size >> PAGE_SHIFT)) {
+		ret = follow_pfn(vma, user_address, &this_pfn);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		if (pages_done == 0)
+			mem->dma_handle = this_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
+		else if (this_pfn != (prev_pfn + 1))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		prev_pfn = this_pfn;
+		user_address += PAGE_SIZE;
+		pages_done++;
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		mem->is_userptr = 1;
+
+ out_up:
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void *__videobuf_alloc(size_t size)
 {
 	struct videobuf_dma_contig_memory *mem;
@@ -154,12 +232,11 @@ static int __videobuf_iolock(struct videobuf_queue *q,
 	case V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR:
 		dev_dbg(q->dev, "%s memory method USERPTR\n", __func__);
 
-		/* The only USERPTR currently supported is the one needed for
-		   read() method.
-		 */
+		/* handle pointer from user space */
 		if (vb->baddr)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return videobuf_dma_contig_user_get(mem, vb);
 
+		/* allocate memory for the read() method */
 		mem->size = PAGE_ALIGN(vb->size);
 		mem->vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(q->dev, mem->size,
 						&mem->dma_handle, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -400,7 +477,7 @@ void videobuf_dma_contig_free(struct videobuf_queue *q,
 	   So, it should free memory only if the memory were allocated for
 	   read() operation.
 	 */
-	if ((buf->memory != V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) || buf->baddr)
+	if (buf->memory != V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR)
 		return;
 
 	if (!mem)
@@ -408,6 +485,13 @@ void videobuf_dma_contig_free(struct videobuf_queue *q,
 
 	MAGIC_CHECK(mem->magic, MAGIC_DC_MEM);
 
+	/* handle user space pointer case */
+	if (buf->baddr) {
+		videobuf_dma_contig_user_put(mem);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* read() method */
 	dma_free_coherent(q->dev, mem->size, mem->vaddr, mem->dma_handle);
 	mem->vaddr = NULL;
 }