diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite-reg.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite-reg.c
index f996e94873f68d3d03803997497ff4458c9166bb..09dc71e477dfb97c707fad3345175e0da5e0605c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite-reg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite-reg.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void flite_hw_set_source_format(struct fimc_lite *dev, struct flite_frame *f)
 	}
 
 	if (i == 0 && src_pixfmt_map[i][0] != pixelcode) {
-		v4l2_err(dev->vfd,
+		v4l2_err(&dev->vfd,
 			 "Unsupported pixel code, falling back to %#08x\n",
 			 src_pixfmt_map[i][0]);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.c
index c5b57e805b683d072577ddfa242ea6f9a365583c..928900842715e9110b932340eb0187af8f4ad725 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static int buffer_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 		unsigned long size = fimc->payload[i];
 
 		if (vb2_plane_size(vb, i) < size) {
-			v4l2_err(fimc->vfd,
+			v4l2_err(&fimc->vfd,
 				 "User buffer too small (%ld < %ld)\n",
 				 vb2_plane_size(vb, i), size);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static int fimc_lite_open(struct file *file)
 
 	if (++fimc->ref_count == 1 && fimc->out_path == FIMC_IO_DMA) {
 		ret = fimc_pipeline_initialize(&fimc->pipeline,
-					       &fimc->vfd->entity, true);
+					       &fimc->vfd.entity, true);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			pm_runtime_put_sync(&fimc->pdev->dev);
 			fimc->ref_count--;
@@ -1215,18 +1215,14 @@ static int fimc_lite_subdev_registered(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 {
 	struct fimc_lite *fimc = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
 	struct vb2_queue *q = &fimc->vb_queue;
-	struct video_device *vfd;
+	struct video_device *vfd = &fimc->vfd;
 	int ret;
 
+	memset(vfd, 0, sizeof(*vfd));
+
 	fimc->fmt = &fimc_lite_formats[0];
 	fimc->out_path = FIMC_IO_DMA;
 
-	vfd = video_device_alloc();
-	if (!vfd) {
-		v4l2_err(sd->v4l2_dev, "Failed to allocate video device\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	snprintf(vfd->name, sizeof(vfd->name), "fimc-lite.%d.capture",
 		 fimc->index);
 
@@ -1234,9 +1230,8 @@ static int fimc_lite_subdev_registered(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 	vfd->ioctl_ops = &fimc_lite_ioctl_ops;
 	vfd->v4l2_dev = sd->v4l2_dev;
 	vfd->minor = -1;
-	vfd->release = video_device_release;
+	vfd->release = video_device_release_empty;
 	vfd->lock = &fimc->lock;
-	fimc->vfd = vfd;
 	fimc->ref_count = 0;
 	fimc->reqbufs_count = 0;
 
@@ -1255,24 +1250,20 @@ static int fimc_lite_subdev_registered(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 
 	fimc->vd_pad.flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK;
 	ret = media_entity_init(&vfd->entity, 1, &fimc->vd_pad, 0);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	video_set_drvdata(vfd, fimc);
 
 	ret = video_register_device(vfd, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, -1);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_vd;
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		media_entity_cleanup(&vfd->entity);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	v4l2_info(sd->v4l2_dev, "Registered %s as /dev/%s\n",
 		  vfd->name, video_device_node_name(vfd));
 	return 0;
-
- err_vd:
-	media_entity_cleanup(&vfd->entity);
- err:
-	video_device_release(vfd);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void fimc_lite_subdev_unregistered(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
@@ -1282,10 +1273,9 @@ static void fimc_lite_subdev_unregistered(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 	if (fimc == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if (fimc->vfd) {
-		video_unregister_device(fimc->vfd);
-		media_entity_cleanup(&fimc->vfd->entity);
-		fimc->vfd = NULL;
+	if (video_is_registered(&fimc->vfd)) {
+		video_unregister_device(&fimc->vfd);
+		media_entity_cleanup(&fimc->vfd.entity);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1515,7 +1505,7 @@ static int fimc_lite_resume(struct device *dev)
 		return 0;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fimc->active_buf_q);
-	fimc_pipeline_initialize(&fimc->pipeline, &fimc->vfd->entity, false);
+	fimc_pipeline_initialize(&fimc->pipeline, &fimc->vfd.entity, false);
 	fimc_lite_hw_init(fimc);
 	clear_bit(ST_FLITE_SUSPENDED, &fimc->state);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.h b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.h
index 44424eee81d89b63278f7ded8382d7a62b47241e..9944dd36ec7c9288597f91d3f9e0629f4301f240 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-lite.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct fimc_lite {
 	struct platform_device	*pdev;
 	struct flite_variant	*variant;
 	struct v4l2_device	*v4l2_dev;
-	struct video_device	*vfd;
+	struct video_device	vfd;
 	struct v4l2_fh		fh;
 	struct vb2_alloc_ctx	*alloc_ctx;
 	struct v4l2_subdev	subdev;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c
index e65bb283fd8abfede983e8146d59df6085619aea..0dd26b69232c295a2e1ca6cbf00ccf87d7d63f42 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static int __fimc_md_create_flite_source_links(struct fimc_md *fmd)
 		if (fimc == NULL)
 			continue;
 		source = &fimc->subdev.entity;
-		sink = &fimc->vfd->entity;
+		sink = &fimc->vfd.entity;
 		/* FIMC-LITE's subdev and video node */
 		ret = media_entity_create_link(source, FIMC_SD_PAD_SOURCE,
 					       sink, 0, flags);