diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/vi.c b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/vi.c
index e0961bc0a017..19eebfdae221 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/vi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-video/vi.c
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ static int tegra_channel_setup_ctrl_handler(struct tegra_vi_channel *chan)
 	}
 #else
 	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev;
+	struct v4l2_ctrl *hflip, *vflip;
 
 	/* custom control */
 	v4l2_ctrl_new_custom(&chan->ctrl_handler, &syncpt_timeout_ctrl, NULL);
@@ -987,11 +988,13 @@ static int tegra_channel_setup_ctrl_handler(struct tegra_vi_channel *chan)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (chan->vi->soc->has_h_v_flip) {
+	hflip = v4l2_ctrl_find(subdev->ctrl_handler, V4L2_CID_HFLIP);
+	if (chan->vi->soc->has_h_v_flip && !hflip)
 		v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&chan->ctrl_handler, &vi_ctrl_ops, V4L2_CID_HFLIP, 0, 1, 1, 0);
-		v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&chan->ctrl_handler, &vi_ctrl_ops, V4L2_CID_VFLIP, 0, 1, 1, 0);
-	}
 
+	vflip = v4l2_ctrl_find(subdev->ctrl_handler, V4L2_CID_VFLIP);
+	if (chan->vi->soc->has_h_v_flip && !vflip)
+		v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&chan->ctrl_handler, &vi_ctrl_ops, V4L2_CID_VFLIP, 0, 1, 1, 0);
 #endif
 
 	/* setup the controls */