diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
index 16c7b20cbf61f2a154519adf44197ec8d7b35e71..1faa64abc74fe6c4a1af091e89144cf7bf7b4253 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@ int vb2_core_create_bufs(struct vb2_queue *q, enum vb2_memory memory,
 		memset(q->alloc_devs, 0, sizeof(q->alloc_devs));
 		q->memory = memory;
 		q->waiting_for_buffers = !q->is_output;
+	} else if (q->memory != memory) {
+		dprintk(1, "memory model mismatch\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	num_buffers = min(*count, VB2_MAX_FRAME - q->num_buffers);