diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
index 40cfe830aaf89..38ce1a618f46e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
@@ -933,6 +933,9 @@ static long do_video_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
 		set_fs(old_fs);
 	}
 
+	if (err == -ENOTTY)
+		return err;
+
 	/* Special case: even after an error we need to put the
 	   results back for these ioctls since the error_idx will
 	   contain information on which control failed. */