diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst
index a048a9f6b7b6..1a46549e7462 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.rst
@@ -116,9 +116,13 @@ than the number requested.
       - ``flags``
       - Specifies additional buffer management attributes.
 	See :ref:`memory-flags`.
-
     * - __u32
-      - ``reserved``\ [6]
+      - ``max_buffers``
+      - If V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_SET_MAX_BUFS capability flag is set
+        this field indicate the maximum possible number of buffers
+        for this queue.
+    * - __u32
+      - ``reserved``\ [5]
       - A place holder for future extensions. Drivers and applications
 	must set the array to zero.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.rst
index 099fa6695167..0395187e1a5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-reqbufs.rst
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, an implicit
 .. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-ORPHANED-BUFS:
 .. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-M2M-HOLD-CAPTURE-BUF:
 .. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-MMAP-CACHE-HINTS:
+.. _V4L2-BUF-CAP-SUPPORTS-SET-MAX-BUFS:
 
 .. raw:: latex
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
index 278ea1107b01..42da0adc052a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vb2_querybuf);
 static void fill_buf_caps(struct vb2_queue *q, u32 *caps)
 {
 	*caps = V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_ORPHANED_BUFS;
+	*caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_SET_MAX_BUFS;
 	if (q->io_modes & VB2_MMAP)
 		*caps |= V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP;
 	if (q->io_modes & VB2_USERPTR)
@@ -767,7 +768,10 @@ int vb2_create_bufs(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_create_buffers *create)
 
 	fill_buf_caps(q, &create->capabilities);
 	validate_memory_flags(q, create->memory, &create->flags);
+
+	create->max_buffers = q->max_num_buffers;
 	create->index = q->num_buffers;
+
 	if (create->count == 0)
 		return ret != -EBUSY ? ret : 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 9b1de54ce379..da355355a869 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@ static void v4l_print_create_buffers(const void *arg, bool write_only)
 {
 	const struct v4l2_create_buffers *p = arg;
 
-	pr_cont("index=%d, count=%d, memory=%s, capabilities=0x%08x, ",
+	pr_cont("index=%d, count=%d, memory=%s, capabilities=0x%08x, max buffers=%u",
 		p->index, p->count, prt_names(p->memory, v4l2_memory_names),
-		p->capabilities);
+		p->capabilities, p->max_buffers);
 	v4l_print_format(&p->format, write_only);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index c3d4e490ce7c..ef1402537395 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ struct v4l2_requestbuffers {
 #define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_ORPHANED_BUFS		(1 << 4)
 #define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_M2M_HOLD_CAPTURE_BUF	(1 << 5)
 #define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS		(1 << 6)
+#define V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_SET_MAX_BUFS		(1 << 7)
 
 /**
  * struct v4l2_plane - plane info for multi-planar buffers
@@ -2605,6 +2606,9 @@ struct v4l2_dbg_chip_info {
  * @flags:	additional buffer management attributes (ignored unless the
  *		queue has V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS capability
  *		and configured for MMAP streaming I/O).
+ * @max_buffers: if V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_SET_MAX_BUFS capability flag is set
+ *		 this field indicate the maximum possible number of buffers
+ *		 for this queue.
  * @reserved:	future extensions
  */
 struct v4l2_create_buffers {
@@ -2614,7 +2618,8 @@ struct v4l2_create_buffers {
 	struct v4l2_format	format;
 	__u32			capabilities;
 	__u32			flags;
-	__u32			reserved[6];
+	__u32			max_buffers;
+	__u32			reserved[5];
 };
 
 /*
