diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
index 89e38392509c12c68b9056a60ef942b38854c18e..02281d13505f43f374c02d504a702f13da92fd27 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -2374,13 +2374,20 @@ __poll_t vb2_core_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file,
 	struct vb2_buffer *vb = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * poll_wait() MUST be called on the first invocation on all the
+	 * potential queues of interest, even if we are not interested in their
+	 * events during this first call. Failure to do so will result in
+	 * queue's events to be ignored because the poll_table won't be capable
+	 * of adding new wait queues thereafter.
+	 */
+	poll_wait(file, &q->done_wq, wait);
+
 	if (!q->is_output && !(req_events & (EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM)))
 		return 0;
 	if (q->is_output && !(req_events & (EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM)))
 		return 0;
 
-	poll_wait(file, &q->done_wq, wait);
-
 	/*
 	 * Start file I/O emulator only if streaming API has not been used yet.
 	 */