diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_v4l2.c
index 3dae52abb96c..fcf95c1d39ca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_v4l2.c
@@ -367,19 +367,26 @@ vidioc_s_fmt_out_mplane(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_format *f)
 {
 	struct v4l2_pix_format_mplane *pix_mp = &f->fmt.pix_mp;
 	struct hantro_ctx *ctx = fh_to_ctx(priv);
+	struct vb2_queue *vq = v4l2_m2m_get_vq(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx, f->type);
 	const struct hantro_fmt *formats;
 	unsigned int num_fmts;
-	struct vb2_queue *vq;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Change not allowed if queue is busy. */
-	vq = v4l2_m2m_get_vq(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx, f->type);
-	if (vb2_is_busy(vq))
-		return -EBUSY;
+	ret = vidioc_try_fmt_out_mplane(file, priv, f);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (!hantro_is_encoder_ctx(ctx)) {
 		struct vb2_queue *peer_vq;
 
+		/*
+		 * In order to support dynamic resolution change,
+		 * the decoder admits a resolution change, as long
+		 * as the pixelformat remains. Can't be done if streaming.
+		 */
+		if (vb2_is_streaming(vq) || (vb2_is_busy(vq) &&
+		    pix_mp->pixelformat != ctx->src_fmt.pixelformat))
+			return -EBUSY;
 		/*
 		 * Since format change on the OUTPUT queue will reset
 		 * the CAPTURE queue, we can't allow doing so
@@ -389,12 +396,15 @@ vidioc_s_fmt_out_mplane(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_format *f)
 					  V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE);
 		if (vb2_is_busy(peer_vq))
 			return -EBUSY;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The encoder doesn't admit a format change if
+		 * there are OUTPUT buffers allocated.
+		 */
+		if (vb2_is_busy(vq))
+			return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	ret = vidioc_try_fmt_out_mplane(file, priv, f);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	formats = hantro_get_formats(ctx, &num_fmts);
 	ctx->vpu_src_fmt = hantro_find_format(formats, num_fmts,
 					      pix_mp->pixelformat);