diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index fad3d24c964d..40dc1dd3292b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -2063,8 +2063,12 @@ int vb2_core_queue_init(struct vb2_queue *q)
 	if (q->buf_struct_size == 0)
 		q->buf_struct_size = sizeof(struct vb2_buffer);
 
-	q->dma_dir = q->is_output
-		   ? DMA_TO_DEVICE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+	if (q->is_output)
+		q->dma_dir = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
+	else
+		q->dma_dir = q->use_dma_bidirectional
+			   ? DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_core_queue_init);
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index f18ac1fe522b..8c4e172b80ca 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ struct vb2_buf_ops {
  * @fileio_read_once:		report EOF after reading the first buffer
  * @fileio_write_immediately:	queue buffer after each write() call
  * @allow_zero_bytesused:	allow bytesused == 0 to be passed to the driver
+ * @use_dma_bidirectional:	use DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL for CAPTURE buffers; this
+ *				allows HW to read from the CAPTURE buffers in
+ *				addition to writing; ignored for OUTPUT queues
  * @lock:	pointer to a mutex that protects the vb2_queue struct. The
  *		driver can set this to a mutex to let the v4l2 core serialize
  *		the queuing ioctls. If the driver wants to handle locking
@@ -443,6 +446,7 @@ struct vb2_queue {
 	unsigned			fileio_read_once:1;
 	unsigned			fileio_write_immediately:1;
 	unsigned			allow_zero_bytesused:1;
+	unsigned			use_dma_bidirectional:1;
 
 	struct mutex			*lock;
 	void				*owner;