diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 9ac39b5d5830..a756170dbe7b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ int v4l2_m2m_dqbuf(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_m2m_dqbuf);
 
+/**
+ * v4l2_m2m_create_bufs() - create a source or destination buffer, depending
+ * on the type
+ */
+int v4l2_m2m_create_bufs(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
+			 struct v4l2_create_buffers *create)
+{
+	struct vb2_queue *vq;
+
+	vq = v4l2_m2m_get_vq(m2m_ctx, create->format.type);
+	return vb2_create_bufs(vq, create);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_m2m_create_bufs);
+
 /**
  * v4l2_m2m_expbuf() - export a source or destination buffer, depending on
  * the type
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
index d3eef01da648..0f4555b2a31b 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ int v4l2_m2m_qbuf(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
 		  struct v4l2_buffer *buf);
 int v4l2_m2m_dqbuf(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
 		   struct v4l2_buffer *buf);
+int v4l2_m2m_create_bufs(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
+			 struct v4l2_create_buffers *create);
 
 int v4l2_m2m_expbuf(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
 		   struct v4l2_exportbuffer *eb);