diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 796de3349303..73035ee0f4de 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ module_param(debug, bool, 0644);
 #define TRANS_QUEUED		(1 << 0)
 /* Instance is currently running in hardware */
 #define TRANS_RUNNING		(1 << 1)
+/* Instance is currently aborting */
+#define TRANS_ABORT		(1 << 2)
 
 
 /* Offset base for buffers on the destination queue - used to distinguish
@@ -221,6 +223,14 @@ static void v4l2_m2m_try_schedule(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags_job);
+
+	/* If the context is aborted then don't schedule it */
+	if (m2m_ctx->job_flags & TRANS_ABORT) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags_job);
+		dprintk("Aborted context\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (m2m_ctx->job_flags & TRANS_QUEUED) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags_job);
 		dprintk("On job queue already\n");
@@ -280,6 +290,8 @@ static void v4l2_m2m_cancel_job(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx)
 
 	m2m_dev = m2m_ctx->m2m_dev;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags);
+
+	m2m_ctx->job_flags |= TRANS_ABORT;
 	if (m2m_ctx->job_flags & TRANS_RUNNING) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags);
 		m2m_dev->m2m_ops->job_abort(m2m_ctx->priv);