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diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
index b66585e304e2..d818d9707695 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
@@ -302,10 +302,29 @@ __poll_t vb2_poll(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file, poll_table *wait);
* The following functions are not part of the vb2 core API, but are simple
* helper functions that you can use in your struct v4l2_file_operations,
* struct v4l2_ioctl_ops and struct vb2_ops. They will serialize if vb2_queue->lock
- * or video_device->lock is set, and they will set and test vb2_queue->owner
- * to check if the calling filehandle is permitted to do the queuing operation.
+ * or video_device->lock is set, and they will set and test the queue owner
+ * (vb2_queue->owner) to check if the calling filehandle is permitted to do the
+ * queuing operation.
*/
+/**
+ * vb2_queue_is_busy() - check if the queue is busy
+ * @q: pointer to &struct vb2_queue with videobuf2 queue.
+ * @file: file through which the vb2 queue access is performed
+ *
+ * The queue is considered busy if it has an owner and the owner is not the
+ * @file.
+ *
+ * Queue ownership is acquired and checked by some of the v4l2_ioctl_ops helpers
+ * below. Drivers can also use this function directly when they need to
+ * open-code ioctl handlers, for instance to add additional checks between the
+ * queue ownership test and the call to the corresponding vb2 operation.
+ */
+static inline bool vb2_queue_is_busy(struct vb2_queue *q, struct file *file)
+{
+ return q->owner && q->owner != file->private_data;
+}
+
/* struct v4l2_ioctl_ops helpers */
int vb2_ioctl_reqbufs(struct file *file, void *priv,