diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 73190652c267..ad14d5214106 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static __poll_t v4l2_m2m_poll_for_data(struct file *file,
 	if ((!src_q->streaming || src_q->error ||
 	     list_empty(&src_q->queued_list)) &&
 	    (!dst_q->streaming || dst_q->error ||
-	     list_empty(&dst_q->queued_list)))
+	     (list_empty(&dst_q->queued_list) && !dst_q->last_buffer_dequeued)))
 		return EPOLLERR;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&src_q->done_lock, flags);