diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c
index c7d97190a67e3a0eb7f8ff972c2e991803ede597..30cef8740afaaa7106c89b2f91887783aa0d3a5a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ static long __media_device_get_topology(struct media_device *mdev,
 	/* Get links and number of links */
 	i = 0;
 	media_device_for_each_link(link, mdev) {
+		if (link->is_backlink)
+			continue;
+
 		i++;
 
 		if (ret || !topo->links)
diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
index d9d42fab22ad2878df885879c0bce77a35d47d09..246d7e65adedbf363fd3f0aa3c8ca43fd34ab6df 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ media_create_pad_link(struct media_entity *source, u16 source_pad,
 	backlink->source = &source->pads[source_pad];
 	backlink->sink = &sink->pads[sink_pad];
 	backlink->flags = flags;
+	backlink->is_backlink = true;
 
 	/* Initialize graph object embedded at the new link */
 	media_gobj_init(sink->graph_obj.mdev, MEDIA_GRAPH_LINK,
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index fd19aecdcbb6428e891b75c4432132d4ee5e6e7a..3b591d72c70335b70f8e7f8784afc3da2e55be0f 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct media_pipeline {
  * @reverse:	Pointer to the link for the reverse direction of a pad to pad
  *		link.
  * @flags:	Link flags, as defined in uapi/media.h (MEDIA_LNK_FL_*)
+ * @is_backlink: Indicate if the link is a backlink.
  */
 struct media_link {
 	struct media_gobj graph_obj;
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ struct media_link {
 	};
 	struct media_link *reverse;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool is_backlink;
 };
 
 /**