diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index 3439f6ad6338..0cf637c8a1e3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ static int cedrus_open(struct file *file)
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
 		goto err_ctrls;
 	}
+	ctx->dst_fmt.pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12;
+	cedrus_prepare_format(&ctx->dst_fmt);
+	ctx->src_fmt.pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG2_SLICE;
+	/*
+	 * TILED_NV12 has more strict requirements, so copy the width and
+	 * height to src_fmt to ensure that is matches the dst_fmt resolution.
+	 */
+	ctx->src_fmt.width = ctx->dst_fmt.width;
+	ctx->src_fmt.height = ctx->dst_fmt.height;
+	cedrus_prepare_format(&ctx->src_fmt);
 
 	v4l2_fh_add(&ctx->fh);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
index d69c9bcdb8e2..3ec3a2db790c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static struct cedrus_format *cedrus_find_format(u32 pixelformat, u32 directions,
 	return &cedrus_formats[i];
 }
 
-static void cedrus_prepare_format(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix_fmt)
+void cedrus_prepare_format(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix_fmt)
 {
 	unsigned int width = pix_fmt->width;
 	unsigned int height = pix_fmt->height;
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ static void cedrus_prepare_format(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix_fmt)
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_H264_SLICE:
 		/* Zero bytes per line for encoded source. */
 		bytesperline = 0;
-
+		/* Choose some minimum size since this can't be 0 */
+		sizeimage = max_t(u32, SZ_1K, sizeimage);
 		break;
 
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12:
@@ -211,16 +212,7 @@ static int cedrus_g_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 {
 	struct cedrus_ctx *ctx = cedrus_file2ctx(file);
 
-	/* Fall back to dummy default by lack of hardware configuration. */
-	if (!ctx->dst_fmt.width || !ctx->dst_fmt.height) {
-		f->fmt.pix.pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12;
-		cedrus_prepare_format(&f->fmt.pix);
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	f->fmt.pix = ctx->dst_fmt;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -229,17 +221,7 @@ static int cedrus_g_fmt_vid_out(struct file *file, void *priv,
 {
 	struct cedrus_ctx *ctx = cedrus_file2ctx(file);
 
-	/* Fall back to dummy default by lack of hardware configuration. */
-	if (!ctx->dst_fmt.width || !ctx->dst_fmt.height) {
-		f->fmt.pix.pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG2_SLICE;
-		f->fmt.pix.sizeimage = SZ_1K;
-		cedrus_prepare_format(&f->fmt.pix);
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	f->fmt.pix = ctx->src_fmt;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -275,10 +257,6 @@ static int cedrus_try_fmt_vid_out(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (!fmt)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Source image size has to be provided by userspace. */
-	if (pix_fmt->sizeimage == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	pix_fmt->pixelformat = fmt->pixelformat;
 	cedrus_prepare_format(pix_fmt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.h b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.h
index 0e4f7a8cccf2..05050c0a0921 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ extern const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops cedrus_ioctl_ops;
 
 int cedrus_queue_init(void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq,
 		      struct vb2_queue *dst_vq);
+void cedrus_prepare_format(struct v4l2_pix_format *pix_fmt);
 
 #endif