diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
index 109a06384a8f..f90ce9fce539 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ static int __uvc_free_buffers(struct uvc_video_queue *queue)
 	}
 
 	if (queue->count) {
+		uvc_queue_cancel(queue, 0);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->mainqueue);
 		vfree(queue->mem);
 		queue->count = 0;
 	}