diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
index a1eaccc922a25e39a92e34896d8c8e8270241c3b..14ff785ba5d564c72648551c01a5c1076ec58363 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ static int mipi_csis_async_register(struct csi_state *state)
 	};
 	struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd;
 	struct fwnode_handle *ep;
+	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 
 	v4l2_async_notifier_init(&state->notifier);
@@ -1127,6 +1128,14 @@ static int mipi_csis_async_register(struct csi_state *state)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_parse;
 
+	for (i = 0; i < vep.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes; ++i) {
+		if (vep.bus.mipi_csi2.data_lanes[i] != i + 1) {
+			dev_err(state->dev,
+				"data lanes reordering is not supported");
+			goto err_parse;
+		}
+	}
+
 	state->bus = vep.bus.mipi_csi2;
 
 	dev_dbg(state->dev, "data lanes: %d\n", state->bus.num_data_lanes);