diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
index 1a66c9484aa7b257813d5ab08f97b6f0ee73d244..2361a11f1e2036d8f7bc2f7195bbce0d0ac9e82c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
@@ -422,11 +422,19 @@ buffer_from_host(struct vchiq_mmal_instance *instance,
 	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.data =
 		(u32)(unsigned long)buf->buffer;
 	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.alloc_size = buf->buffer_size;
-	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.length = 0;	/* nothing used yet */
-	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.offset = 0;	/* no offset */
-	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.flags = 0;	/* no flags */
-	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.pts = MMAL_TIME_UNKNOWN;
-	m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.dts = MMAL_TIME_UNKNOWN;
+	if (port->type == MMAL_PORT_TYPE_OUTPUT) {
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.length = 0;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.offset = 0;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.flags = 0;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.pts = MMAL_TIME_UNKNOWN;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.dts = MMAL_TIME_UNKNOWN;
+	} else {
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.length = buf->length;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.offset = 0;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.flags = buf->mmal_flags;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.pts = buf->pts;
+		m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header.dts = buf->dts;
+	}
 
 	/* clear buffer type sepecific data */
 	memset(&m.u.buffer_from_host.buffer_header_type_specific, 0,