diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
index ca1a4d8e972e..0e1ec2dbbf5c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ static void cio2_vb2_return_all_buffers(struct cio2_queue *q,
 			atomic_dec(&q->bufs_queued);
 			vb2_buffer_done(&q->bufs[i]->vbb.vb2_buf,
 					state);
+			q->bufs[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 }