diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
index 500a4e0c84ab..29a8d876e6c2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -2632,13 +2632,6 @@ int vb2_core_queue_init(struct vb2_queue *q)
 	if (WARN_ON(q->supports_requests && q->min_queued_buffers))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * The minimum requirement is 2: one buffer is used
-	 * by the hardware while the other is being processed by userspace.
-	 */
-	if (q->min_reqbufs_allocation < 2)
-		q->min_reqbufs_allocation = 2;
-
 	/*
 	 * If the driver needs 'min_queued_buffers' in the queue before
 	 * calling start_streaming() then the minimum requirement is