diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
index 7abfe0aa1418..920e38885292 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int csi_idmac_start(struct csi_priv *priv)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void csi_idmac_stop(struct csi_priv *priv)
+static void csi_idmac_wait_last_eof(struct csi_priv *priv)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
@@ -679,7 +679,10 @@ static void csi_idmac_stop(struct csi_priv *priv)
 		&priv->last_eof_comp, msecs_to_jiffies(IMX_MEDIA_EOF_TIMEOUT));
 	if (ret == 0)
 		v4l2_warn(&priv->sd, "wait last EOF timeout\n");
+}
 
+static void csi_idmac_stop(struct csi_priv *priv)
+{
 	devm_free_irq(priv->dev, priv->eof_irq, priv);
 	devm_free_irq(priv->dev, priv->nfb4eof_irq, priv);
 
@@ -786,6 +789,16 @@ static int csi_start(struct csi_priv *priv)
 
 static void csi_stop(struct csi_priv *priv)
 {
+	if (priv->dest == IPU_CSI_DEST_IDMAC)
+		csi_idmac_wait_last_eof(priv);
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable the CSI asap, after syncing with the last EOF.
+	 * Doing so after the IDMA channel is disabled has shown to
+	 * create hard system-wide hangs.
+	 */
+	ipu_csi_disable(priv->csi);
+
 	if (priv->dest == IPU_CSI_DEST_IDMAC) {
 		csi_idmac_stop(priv);
 
@@ -793,8 +806,6 @@ static void csi_stop(struct csi_priv *priv)
 		if (priv->fim)
 			imx_media_fim_set_stream(priv->fim, NULL, false);
 	}
-
-	ipu_csi_disable(priv->csi);
 }
 
 static const struct csi_skip_desc csi_skip[12] = {