diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst
index cf3b52bdbfb9..6f8d79926aa5 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ notifier callback is called. After all subdevices have been located the
 .complete() callback is called. When a subdevice is removed from the
 system the .unbind() method is called. All three callbacks are optional.
 
+Drivers can store any type of custom data in their driver-specific
+:c:type:`v4l2_async_subdev` wrapper. If any of that data requires special
+handling when the structure is freed, drivers must implement the ``.destroy()``
+notifier callback. The framework will call it right before freeing the
+:c:type:`v4l2_async_subdev`.
+
 Calling subdev operations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index b16f3ce8e5ef..2f1b718a9189 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ static int v4l2_async_nf_call_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *n)
 	return n->ops->complete(n);
 }
 
+static void v4l2_async_nf_call_destroy(struct v4l2_async_notifier *n,
+				       struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd)
+{
+	if (!n->ops || !n->ops->destroy)
+		return;
+
+	n->ops->destroy(asd);
+}
+
 static bool match_i2c(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 		      struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd)
 {
@@ -633,6 +642,7 @@ static void __v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 		}
 
 		list_del(&asd->asd_list);
+		v4l2_async_nf_call_destroy(notifier, asd);
 		kfree(asd);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-async.h b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
index 13ff3ad948f4..25eb1d138c06 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-async.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-async.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct v4l2_async_subdev {
  * @complete:	All subdevices have been probed successfully. The complete
  *		callback is only executed for the root notifier.
  * @unbind:	a subdevice is leaving
+ * @destroy:	the asd is about to be freed
  */
 struct v4l2_async_notifier_operations {
 	int (*bound)(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ struct v4l2_async_notifier_operations {
 	void (*unbind)(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 		       struct v4l2_subdev *subdev,
 		       struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd);
+	void (*destroy)(struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd);
 };
 
 /**