diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
index 25ead9333d0046e7baabe2bfc6ac4d23da6c52b4..79bb9081853f8781c05b8198c94491907a4eba5c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-dma.c
@@ -1371,6 +1371,16 @@ void rvin_stop_streaming(struct rvin_dev *vin)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vin->qlock, flags);
 
+	/* If something went wrong, free buffers with an error. */
+	if (!buffersFreed) {
+		return_unused_buffers(vin, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
+		for (i = 0; i < HW_BUFFER_NUM; i++) {
+			if (vin->buf_hw[i].buffer)
+				vb2_buffer_done(&vin->buf_hw[i].buffer->vb2_buf,
+						VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
+		}
+	}
+
 	rvin_set_stream(vin, 0);
 
 	/* disable interrupts */