diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
index 4a925a31b0e0..133c78d113ac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c
@@ -388,8 +388,12 @@ unsigned int uvc_queue_poll(struct uvc_video_queue *queue, struct file *file,
 
 	poll_wait(file, &buf->wait, wait);
 	if (buf->state == UVC_BUF_STATE_DONE ||
-	    buf->state == UVC_BUF_STATE_ERROR)
-		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+	    buf->state == UVC_BUF_STATE_ERROR) {
+		if (queue->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE)
+			mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+		else
+			mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
+	}
 
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&queue->mutex);