diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
index cd8927eabc33..a99e82ec9ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
@@ -465,11 +465,6 @@ struct v4l2_plane32 {
 		__s32		fd;
 	} m;
 	__u32			data_offset;
-	/*
-	 * few userspace clients and drivers use reserved fields
-	 * and it is up to them how these fields are used. v4l2
-	 * simply copy reserved fields between them.
-	 */
 	__u32			reserved[11];
 };
 
@@ -534,9 +529,7 @@ static int get_v4l2_plane32(struct v4l2_plane __user *p64,
 
 	if (copy_in_user(p64, p32, 2 * sizeof(__u32)) ||
 	    copy_in_user(&p64->data_offset, &p32->data_offset,
-			 sizeof(p64->data_offset)) ||
-	    copy_in_user(p64->reserved, p32->reserved,
-			 sizeof(p64->reserved)))
+			 sizeof(p64->data_offset)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	switch (memory) {
@@ -568,9 +561,7 @@ static int put_v4l2_plane32(struct v4l2_plane __user *p64,
 
 	if (copy_in_user(p32, p64, 2 * sizeof(__u32)) ||
 	    copy_in_user(&p32->data_offset, &p64->data_offset,
-			 sizeof(p64->data_offset)) ||
-	    copy_in_user(p32->reserved, p64->reserved,
-			 sizeof(p32->reserved)))
+			 sizeof(p64->data_offset)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	switch (memory) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 2c75f915fb58..8dd4a5173ba1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -978,9 +978,7 @@ struct v4l2_requestbuffers {
  *			descriptor associated with this plane
  * @data_offset:	offset in the plane to the start of data; usually 0,
  *			unless there is a header in front of the data
- * @reserved:		few userspace clients and drivers use reserved fields
- *			and it is up to them how these fields are used. v4l2
- *			simply copy reserved fields between them.
+ *
  * Multi-planar buffers consist of one or more planes, e.g. an YCbCr buffer
  * with two planes can have one plane for Y, and another for interleaved CbCr
  * components. Each plane can reside in a separate memory buffer, or even in
@@ -995,7 +993,6 @@ struct v4l2_plane {
 		__s32		fd;
 	} m;
 	__u32			data_offset;
-	/* reserved fields used by few userspace clients and drivers */
 	__u32			reserved[11];
 };