diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
index 8676ad242885..b578a01cfebe 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
@@ -530,10 +530,14 @@ static int adv748x_reset(struct adv748x_state *state)
 	io_write(state, ADV748X_IO_PD, ADV748X_IO_PD_RX_EN);
 
 	/* Conditionally enable TXa and TXb. */
-	if (is_tx_enabled(&state->txa))
+	if (is_tx_enabled(&state->txa)) {
 		regval |= ADV748X_IO_10_CSI4_EN;
-	if (is_tx_enabled(&state->txb))
+		adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(&state->txa, 0);
+	}
+	if (is_tx_enabled(&state->txb)) {
 		regval |= ADV748X_IO_10_CSI1_EN;
+		adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(&state->txb, 0);
+	}
 	io_write(state, ADV748X_IO_10, regval);
 
 	/* Use vid_std and v_freq as freerun resolution for CP */
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-csi2.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-csi2.c
index 99bb63d05eef..fa9278a08fde 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-csi2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-csi2.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "adv748x.h"
 
-static int adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(struct adv748x_csi2 *tx,
-					    unsigned int vc)
+int adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(struct adv748x_csi2 *tx, unsigned int vc)
 {
 	return tx_write(tx, ADV748X_CSI_VC_REF, vc << ADV748X_CSI_VC_REF_SHIFT);
 }
@@ -313,9 +312,6 @@ int adv748x_csi2_init(struct adv748x_state *state, struct adv748x_csi2 *tx)
 	if (!is_tx_enabled(tx))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Initialise the virtual channel */
-	adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(tx, 0);
-
 	adv748x_subdev_init(&tx->sd, state, &adv748x_csi2_ops,
 			    MEDIA_ENT_F_VID_IF_BRIDGE,
 			    is_txa(tx) ? "txa" : "txb");
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x.h b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x.h
index 747947ea3e31..56256c1e8b0d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x.h
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x.h
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ int adv748x_afe_s_input(struct adv748x_afe *afe, unsigned int input);
 
 int adv748x_csi2_init(struct adv748x_state *state, struct adv748x_csi2 *tx);
 void adv748x_csi2_cleanup(struct adv748x_csi2 *tx);
+int adv748x_csi2_set_virtual_channel(struct adv748x_csi2 *tx, unsigned int vc);
 int adv748x_csi2_set_pixelrate(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, s64 rate);
 
 int adv748x_hdmi_init(struct adv748x_hdmi *hdmi);