diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index e7e0beab70481b2f1b5e87ed7c913b8bb1995dce..1b4d37ce4afe84e92bf1827b83723e2f79e3f799 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -1424,8 +1424,11 @@ static void new_to_cur(struct v4l2_fh *fh, struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl, u32 ch_flags)
 
 	if (ctrl == NULL)
 		return;
-	changed = !ctrl->type_ops->equal(ctrl, ctrl->p_cur, ctrl->p_new);
-	ptr_to_ptr(ctrl, ctrl->p_new, ctrl->p_cur);
+
+	/* has_changed is set by cluster_changed */
+	changed = ctrl->has_changed;
+	if (changed)
+		ptr_to_ptr(ctrl, ctrl->p_new, ctrl->p_cur);
 
 	if (ch_flags & V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_FLAGS) {
 		/* Note: CH_FLAGS is only set for auto clusters. */
@@ -1462,17 +1465,19 @@ static void cur_to_new(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
    value that differs from the current value. */
 static int cluster_changed(struct v4l2_ctrl *master)
 {
-	int diff = 0;
+	bool changed = false;
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; !diff && i < master->ncontrols; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < master->ncontrols; i++) {
 		struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl = master->cluster[i];
 
 		if (ctrl == NULL)
 			continue;
-		diff = !ctrl->type_ops->equal(ctrl, ctrl->p_cur, ctrl->p_new);
+		ctrl->has_changed = !ctrl->type_ops->equal(ctrl,
+						ctrl->p_cur, ctrl->p_new);
+		changed |= ctrl->has_changed;
 	}
-	return diff;
+	return changed;
 }
 
 /* Control range checking */
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
index ddd9fdf1ac1a0b387720c556de2ec3731eaf4a27..a38bd55909b2b16e7e8f4b7c3c00d2ceb0dbb64c 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ typedef void (*v4l2_ctrl_notify_fnc)(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl, void *priv);
   * @is_new:	Set when the user specified a new value for this control. It
   *		is also set when called from v4l2_ctrl_handler_setup. Drivers
   *		should never set this flag.
+  * @has_changed: Set when the current value differs from the new value. Drivers
+  *		should never use this flag.
   * @is_private: If set, then this control is private to its handler and it
   *		will not be added to any other handlers. Drivers can set
   *		this flag.
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl {
 	unsigned int done:1;
 
 	unsigned int is_new:1;
+	unsigned int has_changed:1;
 	unsigned int is_private:1;
 	unsigned int is_auto:1;
 	unsigned int is_int:1;