diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
index 5a38808c8695..af6c59e05138 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
@@ -942,7 +942,8 @@ static int coda_g_selection(struct file *file, void *fh,
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE:
 	case V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT:
-		if (s->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE)
+		if (s->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE ||
+		    ctx->inst_type == CODA_INST_ENCODER)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	default: