diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/TODO
index b44bb4a72ca7..9ef036f23a21 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/TODO
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ staging directory.
   as well as formats and the binary used to a request. Remove the
   opportunistic buffer management. (Sakari)
 
-- Using ENABLED and IMMUTABLE link flags for the links where those are
-  relevant. (Sakari)
-
 - IPU3 driver documentation (Laurent)
   Comments on configuring v4l2 subdevs for CIO2 and ImgU.
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
index 3c7ad1eed434..569e27b824c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,11 @@ static int imgu_v4l2_node_setup(struct imgu_device *imgu, unsigned int pipe,
 		r = media_create_pad_link(&vdev->entity, 0, &sd->entity,
 					  node_num, flags);
 	} else {
+		if (node->id == IMGU_NODE_OUT) {
+			flags |= MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED | MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE;
+			node->enabled = true;
+		}
+
 		r = media_create_pad_link(&sd->entity, node_num, &vdev->entity,
 					  0, flags);
 	}