diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/imx355.c b/drivers/media/i2c/imx355.c
index 9ca87488c933..27a5c212a527 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/imx355.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/imx355.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 #define IMX355_EXT_CLK			19200000
 #define IMX355_LINK_FREQ_INDEX		0
 
+/* number of data lanes */
+#define IMX355_DATA_LANES		4
+
 struct imx355_reg {
 	u16 address;
 	u8 val;
@@ -1705,6 +1708,9 @@ static struct imx355_hwcfg *imx355_get_hwcfg(struct device *dev)
 	if (!cfg)
 		goto out_err;
 
+	if (bus_cfg.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes != IMX355_DATA_LANES)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	ret = v4l2_link_freq_to_bitmap(dev, bus_cfg.link_frequencies,
 				       bus_cfg.nr_of_link_frequencies,
 				       link_freq_menu_items,