diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index da99cf727162..27ddb3d15251 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -230,12 +230,15 @@ static void v4l2_m2m_try_schedule(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx)
 		dprintk("No input buffers available\n");
 		return;
 	}
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.rdy_spinlock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.rdy_queue)) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.rdy_spinlock, flags);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_ctx->out_q_ctx.rdy_spinlock, flags);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_dev->job_spinlock, flags_job);
 		dprintk("No output buffers available\n");
 		return;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_ctx->cap_q_ctx.rdy_spinlock, flags);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m2m_ctx->out_q_ctx.rdy_spinlock, flags);
 
 	if (m2m_dev->m2m_ops->job_ready