diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index b221b4e438a1..e7f4bf5bc8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -887,9 +887,6 @@ static __poll_t v4l2_m2m_poll_for_data(struct file *file,
 	src_q = v4l2_m2m_get_src_vq(m2m_ctx);
 	dst_q = v4l2_m2m_get_dst_vq(m2m_ctx);
 
-	poll_wait(file, &src_q->done_wq, wait);
-	poll_wait(file, &dst_q->done_wq, wait);
-
 	/*
 	 * There has to be at least one buffer queued on each queued_list, which
 	 * means either in driver already or waiting for driver to claim it
@@ -922,9 +919,21 @@ __poll_t v4l2_m2m_poll(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
 		       struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
 	struct video_device *vfd = video_devdata(file);
+	struct vb2_queue *src_q = v4l2_m2m_get_src_vq(m2m_ctx);
+	struct vb2_queue *dst_q = v4l2_m2m_get_dst_vq(m2m_ctx);
 	__poll_t req_events = poll_requested_events(wait);
 	__poll_t rc = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * poll_wait() MUST be called on the first invocation on all the
+	 * potential queues of interest, even if we are not interested in their
+	 * events during this first call. Failure to do so will result in
+	 * queue's events to be ignored because the poll_table won't be capable
+	 * of adding new wait queues thereafter.
+	 */
+	poll_wait(file, &src_q->done_wq, wait);
+	poll_wait(file, &dst_q->done_wq, wait);
+
 	if (req_events & (EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM | EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM))
 		rc = v4l2_m2m_poll_for_data(file, m2m_ctx, wait);