diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 349e659d75fb..7c4489c42365 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,30 @@ void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_buffer_done);
 
+/**
+ * vb2_discard_done() - discard all buffers marked as DONE
+ * @q:		videobuf2 queue
+ *
+ * This function is intended to be used with suspend/resume operations. It
+ * discards all 'done' buffers as they would be too old to be requested after
+ * resume.
+ *
+ * Drivers must stop the hardware and synchronize with interrupt handlers and/or
+ * delayed works before calling this function to make sure no buffer will be
+ * touched by the driver and/or hardware.
+ */
+void vb2_discard_done(struct vb2_queue *q)
+{
+	struct vb2_buffer *vb;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->done_lock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry(vb, &q->done_list, done_entry)
+		vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->done_lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_discard_done);
+
 /**
  * __fill_vb2_buffer() - fill a vb2_buffer with information provided in a
  * v4l2_buffer by the userspace. The caller has already verified that struct
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
index bca25dc53f9d..8fab6fa0dbfb 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ void *vb2_plane_vaddr(struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane_no);
 void *vb2_plane_cookie(struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane_no);
 
 void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum vb2_buffer_state state);
+void vb2_discard_done(struct vb2_queue *q);
 int vb2_wait_for_all_buffers(struct vb2_queue *q);
 
 int vb2_querybuf(struct vb2_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b);