diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.c
index dc2004790a47..3f016c87d722 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.c
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ static struct list_head *vdec_get_buf_list(int hardware_index, struct vdec_lat_b
 	}
 }
 
+static void vdec_msg_queue_inc(struct vdec_msg_queue *msg_queue, int hardware_index)
+{
+	if (hardware_index == MTK_VDEC_CORE)
+		atomic_inc(&msg_queue->core_list_cnt);
+	else
+		atomic_inc(&msg_queue->lat_list_cnt);
+}
+
+static void vdec_msg_queue_dec(struct vdec_msg_queue *msg_queue, int hardware_index)
+{
+	if (hardware_index == MTK_VDEC_CORE)
+		atomic_dec(&msg_queue->core_list_cnt);
+	else
+		atomic_dec(&msg_queue->lat_list_cnt);
+}
+
 int vdec_msg_queue_qbuf(struct vdec_msg_queue_ctx *msg_ctx, struct vdec_lat_buf *buf)
 {
 	struct list_head *head;
@@ -66,6 +82,7 @@ int vdec_msg_queue_qbuf(struct vdec_msg_queue_ctx *msg_ctx, struct vdec_lat_buf
 	list_add_tail(head, &msg_ctx->ready_queue);
 	msg_ctx->ready_num++;
 
+	vdec_msg_queue_inc(&buf->ctx->msg_queue, msg_ctx->hardware_index);
 	if (msg_ctx->hardware_index != MTK_VDEC_CORE)
 		wake_up_all(&msg_ctx->ready_to_use);
 	else
@@ -127,6 +144,7 @@ struct vdec_lat_buf *vdec_msg_queue_dqbuf(struct vdec_msg_queue_ctx *msg_ctx)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	list_del(head);
+	vdec_msg_queue_dec(&buf->ctx->msg_queue, msg_ctx->hardware_index);
 
 	msg_ctx->ready_num--;
 	mtk_v4l2_debug(3, "dqueue buf type:%d addr: 0x%p num: %d",
@@ -241,10 +259,13 @@ int vdec_msg_queue_init(struct vdec_msg_queue *msg_queue,
 
 	vdec_msg_queue_init_ctx(&msg_queue->lat_ctx, MTK_VDEC_LAT0);
 	INIT_WORK(&msg_queue->core_work, vdec_msg_queue_core_work);
+
+	atomic_set(&msg_queue->lat_list_cnt, 0);
+	atomic_set(&msg_queue->core_list_cnt, 0);
+
 	msg_queue->wdma_addr.size =
 		vde_msg_queue_get_trans_size(ctx->picinfo.buf_w,
 					     ctx->picinfo.buf_h);
-
 	err = mtk_vcodec_mem_alloc(ctx, &msg_queue->wdma_addr);
 	if (err) {
 		mtk_v4l2_err("failed to allocate wdma_addr buf");
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.h b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.h
index c43d427f5f54..b1aa5572ba49 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/vdec_msg_queue.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ struct vdec_lat_buf {
  * @wdma_wptr_addr: ube write point
  * @core_work: core hardware work
  * @lat_ctx: used to store lat buffer list
+ *
+ * @lat_list_cnt: used to record each instance lat list count
+ * @core_list_cnt: used to record each instance core list count
  */
 struct vdec_msg_queue {
 	struct vdec_lat_buf lat_buf[NUM_BUFFER_COUNT];
@@ -82,6 +85,9 @@ struct vdec_msg_queue {
 
 	struct work_struct core_work;
 	struct vdec_msg_queue_ctx lat_ctx;
+
+	atomic_t lat_list_cnt;
+	atomic_t core_list_cnt;
 };
 
 /**