diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
index f32ec7342ef0ff52d6f8b2d0b1df6d762f1c45bb..5653e8eebe2b1cd564332100be923012c0d9b1bc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1377,6 +1377,11 @@ int vb2_core_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int index, void *pb)
 	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (q->error) {
+		dprintk(1, "fatal error occurred on queue\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	vb = q->bufs[index];
 
 	switch (vb->state) {