diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
index 293f3d5f1c4e..3d027a9ef10d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,11 @@ int vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (vb2_queue_is_busy(vdev->queue, file))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	if (vb2_fileio_is_active(vdev->queue)) {
+		dprintk(vdev->queue, 1, "file io in progress\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	return vb2_core_remove_bufs(vdev->queue, d->index, d->count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs);