diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_enc.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_enc.c
index 034b5c1d35a13e4aa8c2142e8355ae15a0879635..a66a9f906b046b810cb7dc83fea554ac04b2b22a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_enc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_enc.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,10 @@ static int vidioc_reqbufs(struct file *file, void *priv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (reqbufs->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE) {
 		if (reqbufs->count == 0) {
+			mfc_debug(2, "Freeing buffers\n");
 			ret = vb2_reqbufs(&ctx->vq_dst, reqbufs);
+			s5p_mfc_hw_call(dev->mfc_ops, release_codec_buffers,
+					ctx);
 			ctx->capture_state = QUEUE_FREE;
 			return ret;
 		}