diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 2ebc33e18041a7133df31ea3f9a7669e974fbf28..bacaed64a803a52a2ed2677f530ce6d2c2cebe8c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
 	case V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_START:
 	case V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STOP:
 		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BUTTON;
-		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY;
+		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY |
+			  V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
 		*min = *max = *step = *def = 0;
 		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_POWER_LINE_FREQUENCY:
@@ -1172,7 +1173,8 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
 	case V4L2_CID_FOCUS_RELATIVE:
 	case V4L2_CID_IRIS_RELATIVE:
 	case V4L2_CID_ZOOM_RELATIVE:
-		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY;
+		*flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY |
+			  V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
 		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_FLASH_STROBE_STATUS:
 	case V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STATUS:
@@ -1983,7 +1985,8 @@ static struct v4l2_ctrl *v4l2_ctrl_new(struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *hdl,
 
 	sz_extra = 0;
 	if (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BUTTON)
-		flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY;
+		flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY |
+			V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE;
 	else if (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_CTRL_CLASS)
 		flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
 	else if (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64 ||