diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
index 26cfbf5c9f8c..2e8f1df775b6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ int vb2_qbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 	 * beggining of qbuf processing. This way the queue status is
 	 * consistent after getting driver's lock back.
 	 */
-	if (b->type == V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) {
+	if (q->memory == V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR) {
 		mmap_sem = &current->mm->mmap_sem;
 		call_qop(q, wait_prepare, q);
 		down_read(mmap_sem);