diff --git a/include/media/davinci/vpbe_display.h b/include/media/davinci/vpbe_display.h
index fa0247a..e14a937 100644
--- a/include/media/davinci/vpbe_display.h
+++ b/include/media/davinci/vpbe_display.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/videodev2.h>
 #include <media/v4l2-common.h>
 #include <media/v4l2-fh.h>
+#include <media/videobuf2-v4l2.h>
 #include <media/videobuf2-dma-contig.h>
 #include <media/davinci/vpbe_types.h>
 #include <media/davinci/vpbe_osd.h>
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
 };
 
 struct vpbe_disp_buffer {
-	struct vb2_buffer vb;
+	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer vb;
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
index 5c60da9..5a9597d 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-mem2mem.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 };
 
 struct v4l2_m2m_buffer {
-	struct vb2_buffer	vb;
+	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer	vb;
 	struct list_head	list;
 };
 
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 			 struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx);
 
 static inline void
-v4l2_m2m_buf_done(struct vb2_buffer *buf, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
+v4l2_m2m_buf_done(struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *buf, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
 {
-	vb2_buffer_done(buf, state);
+	vb2_buffer_done(&buf->vb2_buf, state);
 }
 
 int v4l2_m2m_reqbufs(struct file *file, struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@
 
 void v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx);
 
-void v4l2_m2m_buf_queue(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx, struct vb2_buffer *vb);
+void v4l2_m2m_buf_queue(struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx,
+			struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf);
 
 /**
  * v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready() - return the number of source buffers ready for
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index 19990d7..108fa16 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -111,10 +111,38 @@
 	int		(*mmap)(void *buf_priv, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct vb2_plane - plane information
+ * @mem_priv:	private data with this plane
+ * @dbuf:	dma_buf - shared buffer object
+ * @dbuf_mapped:	flag to show whether dbuf is mapped or not
+ * @bytesused:	number of bytes occupied by data in the plane (payload)
+ * @length:	size of this plane (NOT the payload) in bytes
+ * @mem_offset:	when memory in the associated struct vb2_buffer is
+ *		VB2_MEMORY_MMAP, equals the offset from the start of
+ *		the device memory for this plane (or is a "cookie" that
+ *		should be passed to mmap() called on the video node)
+ * @userptr:	when memory is VB2_MEMORY_USERPTR, a userspace pointer
+ *		pointing to this plane
+ * @fd:		when memory is VB2_MEMORY_DMABUF, a userspace file
+ *		descriptor associated with this plane
+ * @data_offset:	offset in the plane to the start of data; usually 0,
+ *		unless there is a header in front of the data
+ * Should contain enough information to be able to cover all the fields
+ * of struct v4l2_plane at videodev2.h
+ */
 struct vb2_plane {
 	void			*mem_priv;
 	struct dma_buf		*dbuf;
 	unsigned int		dbuf_mapped;
+	unsigned int		bytesused;
+	unsigned int		length;
+	union {
+		unsigned int	offset;
+		unsigned long	userptr;
+		int		fd;
+	} m;
+	unsigned int		data_offset;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -163,43 +191,32 @@
 
 /**
  * struct vb2_buffer - represents a video buffer
- * @v4l2_buf:		struct v4l2_buffer associated with this buffer; can
- *			be read by the driver and relevant entries can be
- *			changed by the driver in case of CAPTURE types
- *			(such as timestamp)
- * @v4l2_planes:	struct v4l2_planes associated with this buffer; can
- *			be read by the driver and relevant entries can be
- *			changed by the driver in case of CAPTURE types
- *			(such as bytesused); NOTE that even for single-planar
- *			types, the v4l2_planes[0] struct should be used
- *			instead of v4l2_buf for filling bytesused - drivers
- *			should use the vb2_set_plane_payload() function for that
  * @vb2_queue:		the queue to which this driver belongs
+ * @index:		id number of the buffer
+ * @type:		buffer type
+ * @memory:		the method, in which the actual data is passed
  * @num_planes:		number of planes in the buffer
  *			on an internal driver queue
+ * @planes:		private per-plane information; do not change
  * @state:		current buffer state; do not change
  * @queued_entry:	entry on the queued buffers list, which holds all
  *			buffers queued from userspace
  * @done_entry:		entry on the list that stores all buffers ready to
  *			be dequeued to userspace
- * @planes:		private per-plane information; do not change
  */
 struct vb2_buffer {
-	struct v4l2_buffer	v4l2_buf;
-	struct v4l2_plane	v4l2_planes[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
-
 	struct vb2_queue	*vb2_queue;
-
+	unsigned int		index;
+	unsigned int		type;
+	unsigned int		memory;
 	unsigned int		num_planes;
+	struct vb2_plane	planes[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
 
-/* Private: internal use only */
+	/* Private: internal use only */
 	enum vb2_buffer_state	state;
 
 	struct list_head	queued_entry;
 	struct list_head	done_entry;
-
-	struct vb2_plane	planes[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG
 	/*
 	 * Counters for how often these buffer-related ops are
@@ -354,7 +371,8 @@
  * @drv_priv:	driver private data
  * @buf_struct_size: size of the driver-specific buffer structure;
  *		"0" indicates the driver doesn't want to use a custom buffer
- *		structure type, so sizeof(struct vb2_buffer) will is used
+ *		structure type. for example, sizeof(struct vb2_v4l2_buffer)
+ *		will be used for v4l2.
  * @timestamp_flags: Timestamp flags; V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_* and
  *		V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TSTAMP_SRC_*
  * @gfp_flags:	additional gfp flags used when allocating the buffers.
@@ -573,7 +591,7 @@
 				 unsigned int plane_no, unsigned long size)
 {
 	if (plane_no < vb->num_planes)
-		vb->v4l2_planes[plane_no].bytesused = size;
+		vb->planes[plane_no].bytesused = size;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -585,7 +603,7 @@
 				 unsigned int plane_no)
 {
 	if (plane_no < vb->num_planes)
-		return vb->v4l2_planes[plane_no].bytesused;
+		return vb->planes[plane_no].bytesused;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -598,7 +616,7 @@
 vb2_plane_size(struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane_no)
 {
 	if (plane_no < vb->num_planes)
-		return vb->v4l2_planes[plane_no].length;
+		return vb->planes[plane_no].length;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
index d4a4d9a..20d8ad2 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-v4l2.h
@@ -12,6 +12,34 @@
 #ifndef _MEDIA_VIDEOBUF2_V4L2_H
 #define _MEDIA_VIDEOBUF2_V4L2_H
 
+#include <linux/videodev2.h>
 #include <media/videobuf2-core.h>
 
+/**
+ * struct vb2_v4l2_buffer - video buffer information for v4l2
+ * @vb2_buf:	video buffer 2
+ * @flags:	buffer informational flags
+ * @field:	enum v4l2_field; field order of the image in the buffer
+ * @timestamp:	frame timestamp
+ * @timecode:	frame timecode
+ * @sequence:	sequence count of this frame
+ * Should contain enough information to be able to cover all the fields
+ * of struct v4l2_buffer at videodev2.h
+ */
+struct vb2_v4l2_buffer {
+	struct vb2_buffer	vb2_buf;
+
+	__u32			flags;
+	__u32			field;
+	struct timeval		timestamp;
+	struct v4l2_timecode	timecode;
+	__u32			sequence;
+};
+
+/**
+ * to_vb2_v4l2_buffer() - cast struct vb2_buffer * to struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *
+ */
+#define to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb) \
+	(container_of(vb, struct vb2_v4l2_buffer, vb2_buf))
+
 #endif /* _MEDIA_VIDEOBUF2_V4L2_H */
diff --git a/include/trace/events/v4l2.h b/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
index dbf017b..b015b38 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
@@ -202,27 +202,28 @@
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
+		struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *vbuf = to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(vb);
 		__entry->minor = q->owner ? q->owner->vdev->minor : -1;
 		__entry->queued_count = q->queued_count;
 		__entry->owned_by_drv_count =
 			atomic_read(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
-		__entry->index = vb->v4l2_buf.index;
-		__entry->type = vb->v4l2_buf.type;
-		__entry->bytesused = vb->v4l2_planes[0].bytesused;
-		__entry->flags = vb->v4l2_buf.flags;
-		__entry->field = vb->v4l2_buf.field;
-		__entry->timestamp = timeval_to_ns(&vb->v4l2_buf.timestamp);
-		__entry->timecode_type = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.type;
-		__entry->timecode_flags = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.flags;
-		__entry->timecode_frames = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.frames;
-		__entry->timecode_seconds = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.seconds;
-		__entry->timecode_minutes = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.minutes;
-		__entry->timecode_hours = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.hours;
-		__entry->timecode_userbits0 = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.userbits[0];
-		__entry->timecode_userbits1 = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.userbits[1];
-		__entry->timecode_userbits2 = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.userbits[2];
-		__entry->timecode_userbits3 = vb->v4l2_buf.timecode.userbits[3];
-		__entry->sequence = vb->v4l2_buf.sequence;
+		__entry->index = vb->index;
+		__entry->type = vb->type;
+		__entry->bytesused = vb->planes[0].bytesused;
+		__entry->flags = vbuf->flags;
+		__entry->field = vbuf->field;
+		__entry->timestamp = timeval_to_ns(&vbuf->timestamp);
+		__entry->timecode_type = vbuf->timecode.type;
+		__entry->timecode_flags = vbuf->timecode.flags;
+		__entry->timecode_frames = vbuf->timecode.frames;
+		__entry->timecode_seconds = vbuf->timecode.seconds;
+		__entry->timecode_minutes = vbuf->timecode.minutes;
+		__entry->timecode_hours = vbuf->timecode.hours;
+		__entry->timecode_userbits0 = vbuf->timecode.userbits[0];
+		__entry->timecode_userbits1 = vbuf->timecode.userbits[1];
+		__entry->timecode_userbits2 = vbuf->timecode.userbits[2];
+		__entry->timecode_userbits3 = vbuf->timecode.userbits[3];
+		__entry->sequence = vbuf->sequence;
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("minor = %d, queued = %u, owned_by_drv = %d, index = %u, "