diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
index fe4b78c8eaef..5d6fdf18c3a6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ static int vidioc_vdec_querycap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 static int vidioc_vdec_subscribe_evt(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 				     const struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub)
 {
+	struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(fh);
+
+	if (ctx->dev->vdec_pdata->uses_stateless_api)
+		return v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event(fh, sub);
+
 	switch (sub->type) {
 	case V4L2_EVENT_EOS:
 		return v4l2_event_subscribe(fh, sub, 2, NULL);