diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2d65289ca5ee..8c2993b36575 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b796fb6ed032b0ccdb769b3b3bce5fb2b186a8f8
+refs/heads/master: 00542edf071e249ccb541ffb2d2b9034e2533968
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/omap3isp/ispvideo.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
index fd965adfd597..fd94cdf471bc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/omap3isp/ispvideo.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ isp_video_far_end(struct isp_video *video)
  * limits reported by every block in the pipeline.
  *
  * Return 0 if all formats match, or -EPIPE if at least one link is found with
- * different formats on its two ends.
+ * different formats on its two ends or if the pipeline doesn't start with a
+ * video source (either a subdev with no input pad, or a non-subdev entity).
  */
 static int isp_video_validate_pipeline(struct isp_pipeline *pipe)
 {
@@ -329,10 +330,15 @@ static int isp_video_validate_pipeline(struct isp_pipeline *pipe)
 		 * in the middle of it. */
 		shifter_link = subdev == &isp->isp_ccdc.subdev;
 
-		/* Retrieve the source format */
+		/* Retrieve the source format. Return an error if no source
+		 * entity can be found, and stop checking the pipeline if the
+		 * source entity isn't a subdev.
+		 */
 		pad = media_entity_remote_source(pad);
-		if (pad == NULL ||
-		    media_entity_type(pad->entity) != MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV)
+		if (pad == NULL)
+			return -EPIPE;
+
+		if (media_entity_type(pad->entity) != MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV)
 			break;
 
 		subdev = media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(pad->entity);