diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index f33508f854a4..c359006074a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -2596,6 +2596,13 @@ unsigned int vb2_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	if ((list_empty(&q->queued_list) && !vb2_is_streaming(q)) || q->error)
 		return res | POLLERR;
 
+	/*
+	 * For output streams you can write as long as there are fewer buffers
+	 * queued than there are buffers available.
+	 */
+	if (V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(q->type) && q->queued_count < q->num_buffers)
+		return res | POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
+
 	if (list_empty(&q->done_list))
 		poll_wait(file, &q->done_wq, wait);