diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.c
index ceac0d7e564305087257e9e0eaf3f5cadb2e150a..79af71d5e2709bb4d00222a8ff90ec761f5b7e3c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.c
@@ -22,6 +22,41 @@
 #include "vsp1_entity.h"
 #include "vsp1_video.h"
 
+bool vsp1_entity_is_streaming(struct vsp1_entity *entity)
+{
+	bool streaming;
+
+	mutex_lock(&entity->lock);
+	streaming = entity->streaming;
+	mutex_unlock(&entity->lock);
+
+	return streaming;
+}
+
+int vsp1_entity_set_streaming(struct vsp1_entity *entity, bool streaming)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&entity->lock);
+	entity->streaming = streaming;
+	mutex_unlock(&entity->lock);
+
+	if (!streaming)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!entity->subdev.ctrl_handler)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = v4l2_ctrl_handler_setup(entity->subdev.ctrl_handler);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mutex_lock(&entity->lock);
+		entity->streaming = false;
+		mutex_unlock(&entity->lock);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * V4L2 Subdevice Operations
  */
@@ -158,6 +193,8 @@ int vsp1_entity_init(struct vsp1_device *vsp1, struct vsp1_entity *entity,
 	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(vsp1_routes))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_init(&entity->lock);
+
 	entity->vsp1 = vsp1;
 	entity->source_pad = num_pads - 1;
 
@@ -191,4 +228,6 @@ void vsp1_entity_destroy(struct vsp1_entity *entity)
 	if (entity->subdev.ctrl_handler)
 		v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(entity->subdev.ctrl_handler);
 	media_entity_cleanup(&entity->subdev.entity);
+
+	mutex_destroy(&entity->lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.h b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.h
index f0257f68f16a41fc1ac9a932f6aa9e733e46bba0..aa20aaa58208e559ab96e976f04340d45014fa9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_entity.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define __VSP1_ENTITY_H__
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <media/v4l2-subdev.h>
 
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ struct vsp1_entity {
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *formats;
 
 	struct vsp1_video *video;
+
+	struct mutex lock;		/* Protects the streaming field */
+	bool streaming;
 };
 
 static inline struct vsp1_entity *to_vsp1_entity(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev)
@@ -92,4 +96,7 @@ vsp1_entity_get_pad_format(struct vsp1_entity *entity,
 void vsp1_entity_init_formats(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev,
 			      struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh);
 
+bool vsp1_entity_is_streaming(struct vsp1_entity *entity);
+int vsp1_entity_set_streaming(struct vsp1_entity *entity, bool streaming);
+
 #endif /* __VSP1_ENTITY_H__ */