diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
index 7e96f67c60ba8635362df41f572895fe43ce6676..2988bb38ceb18e279091a94822368ef80426e293 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
@@ -939,6 +939,20 @@ void vb2_queue_release(struct vb2_queue *q)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_queue_release);
 
+int vb2_queue_change_type(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type)
+{
+	if (type == q->type)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (vb2_is_busy(q))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	q->type = type;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_queue_change_type);
+
 __poll_t vb2_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct video_device *vfd = video_devdata(file);
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
index c203047eb83409afd712716d2a3ebf683fc8b1ae..b66585e304e26a0101658399dde52dc4d59200a9 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
@@ -261,6 +261,22 @@ int __must_check vb2_queue_init_name(struct vb2_queue *q, const char *name);
  */
 void vb2_queue_release(struct vb2_queue *q);
 
+/**
+ * vb2_queue_change_type() - change the type of an inactive vb2_queue
+ * @q:		pointer to &struct vb2_queue with videobuf2 queue.
+ * @type:	the type to change to (V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_*)
+ *
+ * This function changes the type of the vb2_queue. This is only possible
+ * if the queue is not busy (i.e. no buffers have been allocated).
+ *
+ * vb2_queue_change_type() can be used to support multiple buffer types using
+ * the same queue. The driver can implement v4l2_ioctl_ops.vidioc_reqbufs and
+ * v4l2_ioctl_ops.vidioc_create_bufs functions and call vb2_queue_change_type()
+ * before calling vb2_ioctl_reqbufs() or vb2_ioctl_create_bufs(), and thus
+ * "lock" the buffer type until the buffers have been released.
+ */
+int vb2_queue_change_type(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type);
+
 /**
  * vb2_poll() - implements poll userspace operation
  * @q:		pointer to &struct vb2_queue with videobuf2 queue.