diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro.h b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro.h
index 2989ebc631cc..bd0dca11b90a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro.h
@@ -460,12 +460,14 @@ hantro_get_dst_buf(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 
 bool hantro_needs_postproc(const struct hantro_ctx *ctx,
 			   const struct hantro_fmt *fmt);
+dma_addr_t
+hantro_postproc_get_dec_buf_addr(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, int index);
 
 static inline dma_addr_t
 hantro_get_dec_buf_addr(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 {
 	if (hantro_needs_postproc(ctx, ctx->vpu_dst_fmt))
-		return ctx->postproc.dec_q[vb->index].dma;
+		return hantro_postproc_get_dec_buf_addr(ctx, vb->index);
 	return vb2_dma_contig_plane_dma_addr(vb, 0);
 }
 
@@ -477,8 +479,8 @@ vb2_to_hantro_decoded_buf(struct vb2_buffer *buf)
 
 void hantro_postproc_disable(struct hantro_ctx *ctx);
 void hantro_postproc_enable(struct hantro_ctx *ctx);
+int hantro_postproc_init(struct hantro_ctx *ctx);
 void hantro_postproc_free(struct hantro_ctx *ctx);
-int hantro_postproc_alloc(struct hantro_ctx *ctx);
 int hanto_postproc_enum_framesizes(struct hantro_ctx *ctx,
 				   struct v4l2_frmsizeenum *fsize);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_hw.h b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_hw.h
index 9e8faf7ba6fb..5c7b6e04aded 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_hw.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include <media/v4l2-vp9.h>
 #include <media/videobuf2-core.h>
 
-#define VB2_MAX_FRAME	32
-
 #define DEC_8190_ALIGN_MASK	0x07U
 
 #define MB_DIM			16
@@ -252,10 +250,10 @@ struct hantro_vp9_dec_hw_ctx {
 /**
  * struct hantro_postproc_ctx
  *
- * @dec_q:		References buffers, in decoder format.
+ * @dec_refs_xa:	References buffers, in decoder format.
  */
 struct hantro_postproc_ctx {
-	struct hantro_aux_buf dec_q[VB2_MAX_FRAME];
+	struct xarray dec_refs_xa;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
index 6437423ccf3a..a6b67d0cc66c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
@@ -170,36 +170,23 @@ static int hantro_postproc_g2_enum_framesizes(struct hantro_ctx *ctx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void hantro_postproc_free(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
+static int hantro_postproc_alloc(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, int index)
 {
 	struct hantro_dev *vpu = ctx->dev;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < VB2_MAX_FRAME; ++i) {
-		struct hantro_aux_buf *priv = &ctx->postproc.dec_q[i];
-
-		if (priv->cpu) {
-			dma_free_attrs(vpu->dev, priv->size, priv->cpu,
-				       priv->dma, priv->attrs);
-			priv->cpu = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-int hantro_postproc_alloc(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct hantro_dev *vpu = ctx->dev;
-	struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx = ctx->fh.m2m_ctx;
-	struct vb2_queue *cap_queue = &m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.q;
-	unsigned int num_buffers = cap_queue->num_buffers;
 	struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane pix_mp;
 	const struct hantro_fmt *fmt;
-	unsigned int i, buf_size;
+	struct hantro_aux_buf *priv;
+	unsigned int buf_size;
+
+	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* this should always pick native format */
 	fmt = hantro_get_default_fmt(ctx, false, ctx->bit_depth);
 	if (!fmt)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
 	v4l2_fill_pixfmt_mp(&pix_mp, fmt->fourcc, ctx->src_fmt.width,
 			    ctx->src_fmt.height);
 
@@ -214,20 +201,74 @@ int hantro_postproc_alloc(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 		buf_size += hantro_hevc_mv_size(pix_mp.width,
 						pix_mp.height);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < num_buffers; ++i) {
-		struct hantro_aux_buf *priv = &ctx->postproc.dec_q[i];
-
-		/*
-		 * The buffers on this queue are meant as intermediate
-		 * buffers for the decoder, so no mapping is needed.
-		 */
-		priv->attrs = DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING;
-		priv->cpu = dma_alloc_attrs(vpu->dev, buf_size, &priv->dma,
-					    GFP_KERNEL, priv->attrs);
-		if (!priv->cpu)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		priv->size = buf_size;
+	/*
+	 * The buffers on this queue are meant as intermediate
+	 * buffers for the decoder, so no mapping is needed.
+	 */
+	priv->attrs = DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING;
+	priv->cpu = dma_alloc_attrs(vpu->dev, buf_size, &priv->dma, GFP_KERNEL, priv->attrs);
+	if (!priv->cpu)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	priv->size = buf_size;
+
+	xa_store(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa, index, priv, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void hantro_postproc_free(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct hantro_dev *vpu = ctx->dev;
+	struct hantro_aux_buf *priv;
+	unsigned long i;
+
+	xa_for_each(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa, i, priv) {
+		dma_free_attrs(vpu->dev, priv->size, priv->cpu, priv->dma, priv->attrs);
+		kfree(priv);
+	}
+
+	xa_destroy(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa);
+}
+
+int hantro_postproc_init(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx = ctx->fh.m2m_ctx;
+	struct vb2_queue *cap_queue = &m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.q;
+	unsigned int num_buffers = cap_queue->num_buffers;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	xa_init_flags(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_buffers; i++) {
+		ret = hantro_postproc_alloc(ctx, i);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			hantro_postproc_free(ctx);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+dma_addr_t
+hantro_postproc_get_dec_buf_addr(struct hantro_ctx *ctx, int index)
+{
+	struct hantro_aux_buf *priv = xa_load(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa, index);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (priv)
+		return priv->dma;
+
+	/* buffer not already allocated, try getting a new one */
+	ret = hantro_postproc_alloc(ctx, index);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	priv = xa_load(&ctx->postproc.dec_refs_xa, index);
+	if (priv)
+		return priv->dma;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_v4l2.c b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_v4l2.c
index 61cfaaf4e927..0f615c1001c0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_v4l2.c
@@ -894,20 +894,10 @@ static int hantro_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)
 			ret = ctx->codec_ops->init(ctx);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
-		}
-
-		if (hantro_needs_postproc(ctx, ctx->vpu_dst_fmt)) {
-			ret = hantro_postproc_alloc(ctx);
-			if (ret)
-				goto err_codec_exit;
+			ret = hantro_postproc_init(ctx);
 		}
 	}
 	return ret;
-
-err_codec_exit:
-	if (ctx->codec_ops->exit)
-		ctx->codec_ops->exit(ctx);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void
