diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 8d37e291f7225d2d18d361c1e6495e0e55ae4c6b..6489c991700a9c651e719ce61e32b9ca013bcd54 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int __reqbufs(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_requestbuffers *req)
 	 * Make sure the requested values and current defaults are sane.
 	 */
 	num_buffers = min_t(unsigned int, req->count, VIDEO_MAX_FRAME);
-	num_buffers = max_t(unsigned int, req->count, q->min_buffers_needed);
+	num_buffers = max_t(unsigned int, num_buffers, q->min_buffers_needed);
 	memset(q->plane_sizes, 0, sizeof(q->plane_sizes));
 	memset(q->alloc_ctx, 0, sizeof(q->alloc_ctx));
 	q->memory = req->memory;