diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 077cdc92778cd054a08f9771223e64d8d1803953..d36436582de96b409be0f6f034c7f3e0dc74b6ea 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -797,7 +797,8 @@ static int video_register_media_controller(struct video_device *vdev, int type)
 		struct media_link *link;
 
 		link = media_create_intf_link(&vdev->entity,
-					      &vdev->intf_devnode->intf, 0);
+					      &vdev->intf_devnode->intf,
+					      MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
 		if (!link) {
 			media_devnode_remove(vdev->intf_devnode);
 			media_device_unregister_entity(&vdev->entity);
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
index 3c87307e56f08ecffdda2f320416178b4b7ae5b2..85f724b53a148b422a3e4d9e5a37383756019eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 
 			link = media_create_intf_link(&sd->entity,
 						      &vdev->intf_devnode->intf,
-						      0);
+						      MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
 			if (!link)
 				goto clean_up;
 		}