diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 7c4489c4236502042fc1fcb3a0ff545f2f7639a7..1d67e95311d6bf9fdbc65cfec5d85f9967179beb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1750,12 +1750,14 @@ static int vb2_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
 		__enqueue_in_driver(vb);
 
 	/* Tell the driver to start streaming */
+	q->start_streaming_called = 1;
 	ret = call_qop(q, start_streaming, q,
 		       atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count));
-	q->start_streaming_called = ret == 0;
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0;
 
+	q->start_streaming_called = 0;
+
 	dprintk(1, "driver refused to start streaming\n");
 	if (WARN_ON(atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count))) {
 		unsigned i;