diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index ea76652..bef53ce 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -252,10 +252,13 @@
  *			receive buffers with @buf_queue callback before
  *			@start_streaming is called; the driver gets the number
  *			of already queued buffers in count parameter; driver
- *			can return an error if hardware fails or not enough
- *			buffers has been queued, in such case all buffers that
- *			have been already given by the @buf_queue callback are
- *			invalidated.
+ *			can return an error if hardware fails, in that case all
+ *			buffers that have been already given by the @buf_queue
+ *			callback are invalidated.
+ *			If there were not enough queued buffers to start
+ *			streaming, then this callback returns -ENOBUFS, and the
+ *			vb2 core will retry calling @start_streaming when a new
+ *			buffer is queued.
  * @stop_streaming:	called when 'streaming' state must be disabled; driver
  *			should stop any DMA transactions or wait until they
  *			finish and give back all buffers it got from buf_queue()
@@ -323,6 +326,9 @@
  * @done_wq:	waitqueue for processes waiting for buffers ready to be dequeued
  * @alloc_ctx:	memory type/allocator-specific contexts for each plane
  * @streaming:	current streaming state
+ * @retry_start_streaming: start_streaming() was called, but there were not enough
+ *		buffers queued. If set, then retry calling start_streaming when
+ *		queuing a new buffer.
  * @fileio:	file io emulator internal data, used only if emulator is active
  */
 struct vb2_queue {
@@ -355,6 +361,7 @@
 	unsigned int			plane_sizes[VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
 
 	unsigned int			streaming:1;
+	unsigned int			retry_start_streaming:1;
 
 	struct vb2_fileio_data		*fileio;
 };