diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
index 4d22b8214f98a16125de31673e9b6b790de79a67..a3a9bf908d84745716f9cd6ab4248a1f22d5e3fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1082,46 +1082,76 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_prepare_buf);
  */
 int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 {
+	struct rw_semaphore *mmap_sem = NULL;
 	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of user pointer buffers vb2 allocator needs to get direct
+	 * access to userspace pages. This requires getting read access on
+	 * mmap semaphore in the current process structure. The same
+	 * semaphore is taken before calling mmap operation, while both mmap
+	 * and qbuf are called by the driver or v4l2 core with driver's lock
+	 * held. To avoid a AB-BA deadlock (mmap_sem then driver's lock in
+	 * mmap and driver's lock then mmap_sem in qbuf) the videobuf2 core
+	 * release driver's lock, takes mmap_sem and then takes again driver's
+	 * lock.
+	 *
+	 * To avoid race with other vb2 calls, which might be called after
+	 * releasing driver's lock, this operation is performed at the
+	 * beggining of qbuf processing. This way the queue status is
+	 * consistent after getting driver's lock back.
+	 */
+	if (b->type == V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) {
+		mmap_sem = &current->mm->mmap_sem;
+		call_qop(q, wait_prepare, q);
+		down_read(mmap_sem);
+		call_qop(q, wait_finish, q);
+	}
 
 	if (q->fileio) {
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: file io in progress\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (b->type != q->type) {
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: invalid buffer type\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (b->index >= q->num_buffers) {
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: buffer index out of range\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	vb = q->bufs[b->index];
 	if (NULL == vb) {
 		/* Should never happen */
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: buffer is NULL\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (b->memory != q->memory) {
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: invalid memory type\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	switch (vb->state) {
 	case VB2_BUF_STATE_DEQUEUED:
 		ret = __buf_prepare(vb, b);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto unlock;
 	case VB2_BUF_STATE_PREPARED:
 		break;
 	default:
 		dprintk(1, "qbuf: buffer already in use\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1142,7 +1172,10 @@ int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 	__fill_v4l2_buffer(vb, b);
 
 	dprintk(1, "qbuf of buffer %d succeeded\n", vb->v4l2_buf.index);
-	return 0;
+unlock:
+	if (mmap_sem)
+		up_read(mmap_sem);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_qbuf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-dma-sg.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
index 3bad8b105fea3260ffcb5fff745009b943885eec..25c3b360e1adf1cdfdce19f80c59f847d38f18b4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-dma-sg.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ static void *vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 	if (!buf->pages)
 		goto userptr_fail_pages_array_alloc;
 
-	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	num_pages_from_user = get_user_pages(current, current->mm,
 					     vaddr & PAGE_MASK,
 					     buf->sg_desc.num_pages,
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ static void *vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr(void *alloc_ctx, unsigned long vaddr,
 					     1, /* force */
 					     buf->pages,
 					     NULL);
-	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	if (num_pages_from_user != buf->sg_desc.num_pages)
 		goto userptr_fail_get_user_pages;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-memops.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-memops.c
index 71a7a78c3fc05ce039b87661644f880ea15b4a79..c41cb60245d6c0b593f4614f3baeb2a7b88bc4f2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-memops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-memops.c
@@ -100,29 +100,26 @@ int vb2_get_contig_userptr(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long size,
 	unsigned long offset, start, end;
 	unsigned long this_pfn, prev_pfn;
 	dma_addr_t pa = 0;
-	int ret = -EFAULT;
 
 	start = vaddr;
 	offset = start & ~PAGE_MASK;
 	end = start + size;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	vma = find_vma(mm, start);
 
 	if (vma == NULL || vma->vm_end < end)
-		goto done;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	for (prev_pfn = 0; start < end; start += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ret = follow_pfn(vma, start, &this_pfn);
+		int ret = follow_pfn(vma, start, &this_pfn);
 		if (ret)
-			goto done;
+			return ret;
 
 		if (prev_pfn == 0)
 			pa = this_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		else if (this_pfn != prev_pfn + 1) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto done;
-		}
+		else if (this_pfn != prev_pfn + 1)
+			return -EFAULT;
+
 		prev_pfn = this_pfn;
 	}
 
@@ -130,16 +127,11 @@ int vb2_get_contig_userptr(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long size,
 	 * Memory is contigous, lock vma and return to the caller
 	 */
 	*res_vma = vb2_get_vma(vma);
-	if (*res_vma == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto done;
-	}
-	*res_pa = pa + offset;
-	ret = 0;
+	if (*res_vma == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-done:
-	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	return ret;
+	*res_pa = pa + offset;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_get_contig_userptr);