diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
index 8bd1611cbb89..6f32e6d6b156 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c
@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ static int coda_buf_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 static void coda_buf_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 {
 	struct coda_ctx *ctx = vb2_get_drv_priv(vb->vb2_queue);
+	struct vb2_queue *vq = vb->vb2_queue;
 	struct coda_q_data *q_data;
 
 	q_data = get_q_data(ctx, vb->vb2_queue->type);
@@ -1162,8 +1163,7 @@ static void coda_buf_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 	 * In the decoder case, immediately try to copy the buffer into the
 	 * bitstream ringbuffer and mark it as ready to be dequeued.
 	 */
-	if (ctx->use_bit && ctx->inst_type == CODA_INST_DECODER &&
-	    vb->vb2_queue->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT) {
+	if (ctx->bitstream.size && vq->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT) {
 		/*
 		 * For backwards compatibility, queuing an empty buffer marks
 		 * the stream end