diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 77d96f4e3f50aa395d2603fdd73468c8c896a3c8..f2df31b088c669c7a769a8b9be8985cb918c57c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
 	To properly support events, the poll() file operation is also
 	implemented.
 
+Private ioctls
+
+	All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
+	driver through the core::ioctl operation.
+
 
 I2C sub-device drivers
 ----------------------
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
index 6e76f734c7807fad1f94c83b1ccad999d47c493a..0b80644906769e698c3c3f7195be6fc3b2941c42 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	}
 #endif
 	default:
-		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, ioctl, cmd, arg);
 	}
 
 	return 0;