diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
index 0c4cafe6cf25..5f1e9e706a80 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
@@ -1234,11 +1234,15 @@ static int cio2_subdev_get_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 {
 	struct cio2_queue *q = container_of(sd, struct cio2_queue, subdev);
 
+	mutex_lock(&q->subdev_lock);
+
 	if (fmt->which == V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY)
 		fmt->format = *v4l2_subdev_get_try_format(sd, cfg, fmt->pad);
 	else
 		fmt->format = q->subdev_fmt;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&q->subdev_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1262,6 +1266,8 @@ static int cio2_subdev_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	if (fmt->pad == CIO2_PAD_SOURCE)
 		return cio2_subdev_get_fmt(sd, cfg, fmt);
 
+	mutex_lock(&q->subdev_lock);
+
 	if (fmt->which == V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY) {
 		*v4l2_subdev_get_try_format(sd, cfg, fmt->pad) = fmt->format;
 	} else {
@@ -1272,6 +1278,8 @@ static int cio2_subdev_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 		fmt->format = q->subdev_fmt;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&q->subdev_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1530,6 +1538,7 @@ static int cio2_queue_init(struct cio2_device *cio2, struct cio2_queue *q)
 
 	/* Initialize miscellaneous variables */
 	mutex_init(&q->lock);
+	mutex_init(&q->subdev_lock);
 
 	/* Initialize formats to default values */
 	fmt = &q->subdev_fmt;
@@ -1646,6 +1655,7 @@ static int cio2_queue_init(struct cio2_device *cio2, struct cio2_queue *q)
 fail_subdev_media_entity:
 	cio2_fbpt_exit(q, &cio2->pci_dev->dev);
 fail_fbpt:
+	mutex_destroy(&q->subdev_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&q->lock);
 
 	return r;
@@ -1658,6 +1668,7 @@ static void cio2_queue_exit(struct cio2_device *cio2, struct cio2_queue *q)
 	v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(&q->subdev);
 	media_entity_cleanup(&q->subdev.entity);
 	cio2_fbpt_exit(q, &cio2->pci_dev->dev);
+	mutex_destroy(&q->subdev_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&q->lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.h b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.h
index 549b08f88f0c..146492383aa5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.h
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ struct cio2_queue {
 
 	/* Subdev, /dev/v4l-subdevX */
 	struct v4l2_subdev subdev;
+	struct mutex subdev_lock; /* Serialise acces to subdev_fmt field */
 	struct media_pad subdev_pads[CIO2_PADS];
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt subdev_fmt;
 	atomic_t frame_sequence;