diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 691295984225..bbeb9ffd5e92 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -1805,6 +1805,8 @@ static int v4l_create_bufs(const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ops,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	CLEAR_AFTER_FIELD(create, format);
+
 	v4l_sanitize_format(&create->format);
 
 	ret = ops->vidioc_create_bufs(file, fh, create);