diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index f20000887d3cbfc960933cfe8424ae90e99b954f..f6818f732f347fecfe2f6e48b2c59dfde5b4817c 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ struct vb2_buffer {
 /**
  * struct vb2_ops - driver-specific callbacks.
  *
+ * These operations are not called from interrupt context except where
+ * mentioned specifically.
+ *
  * @queue_setup:	called from VIDIOC_REQBUFS() and VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS()
  *			handlers before memory allocation. It can be called
  *			twice: if the original number of requested buffers