diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/meye/meye.c b/drivers/media/pci/meye/meye.c
index 288adea55e33..ac7ab6edb06d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/meye/meye.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/meye/meye.c
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ static int vidioc_querybuf(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	buf->bytesused = meye.grab_buffer[index].size;
-	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
+	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 
 	if (meye.grab_buffer[index].state == MEYE_BUF_USING)
 		buf->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED;
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ static int vidioc_dqbuf(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 
 	buf->index = reqnr;
 	buf->bytesused = meye.grab_buffer[reqnr].size;
-	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
+	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	buf->field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
 	buf->timestamp = meye.grab_buffer[reqnr].timestamp;
 	buf->sequence = meye.grab_buffer[reqnr].sequence;
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_driver.c
index 53f12c7466b0..33521a4f23a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_driver.c
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ static int zoran_v4l2_buffer_status(struct zoran_fh *fh,
 	struct zoran *zr = fh->zr;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
+	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 
 	switch (fh->map_mode) {
 	case ZORAN_MAP_MODE_RAW:
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispqueue.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispqueue.c
index 15bf3eab2224..6599963cdd9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispqueue.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ static int isp_video_queue_alloc(struct isp_video_queue *queue,
 		buf->vbuf.index = i;
 		buf->vbuf.length = size;
 		buf->vbuf.type = queue->type;
+		buf->vbuf.flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 		buf->vbuf.field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
 		buf->vbuf.memory = memory;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vino.c b/drivers/media/platform/vino.c
index 28350e78b564..eb5d6f955709 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vino.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vino.c
@@ -3410,6 +3410,9 @@ static void vino_v4l2_get_buffer_status(struct vino_channel_settings *vcs,
 	if (fb->map_count > 0)
 		b->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
 
+	b->flags &= ~V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK;
+	b->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
+
 	b->index = fb->id;
 	b->memory = (vcs->fb_queue.type == VINO_MEMORY_MMAP) ?
 		V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP : V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR;
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_v4l.c b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_v4l.c
index aeb9d2275725..d5d42b6e94be 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_v4l.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_v4l.c
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ static int cpia2_querybuf(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 	else
 		buf->flags = 0;
 
+	buf->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
+
 	switch (cam->buffers[buf->index].status) {
 	case FRAME_EMPTY:
 	case FRAME_ERROR:
@@ -943,7 +945,8 @@ static int cpia2_dqbuf(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_buffer *buf)
 
 	buf->index = frame;
 	buf->bytesused = cam->buffers[buf->index].length;
-	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE;
+	buf->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE
+		| V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	buf->field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
 	buf->timestamp = cam->buffers[buf->index].timestamp;
 	buf->sequence = cam->buffers[buf->index].seq;
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c b/drivers/media/usb/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
index 8dbf0c721c4a..6bda81aebf87 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ sn9c102_request_buffers(struct sn9c102_device* cam, u32 count,
 		cam->frame[i].buf.sequence = 0;
 		cam->frame[i].buf.field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
 		cam->frame[i].buf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
-		cam->frame[i].buf.flags = 0;
+		cam->frame[i].buf.flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	}
 
 	return cam->nbuffers;
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c b/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
index bf56904decb4..52296f7ec966 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static int stk_setup_siobuf(struct stk_camera *dev, int index)
 	buf->dev = dev;
 	buf->v4lbuf.index = index;
 	buf->v4lbuf.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
+	buf->v4lbuf.flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	buf->v4lbuf.field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE;
 	buf->v4lbuf.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
 	buf->v4lbuf.m.offset = 2*index*buf->v4lbuf.length;
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
index 5c36a57e6590..c6bc8ce67375 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static int vidioc_querybuf(struct file *file,
 	if (vb->index >= usbvision->num_frames)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* Updating the corresponding frame state */
-	vb->flags = 0;
+	vb->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	frame = &usbvision->frame[vb->index];
 	if (frame->grabstate >= frame_state_ready)
 		vb->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED;
@@ -843,7 +843,8 @@ static int vidioc_dqbuf(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_buffer *vb)
 	vb->memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
 	vb->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED |
 		V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED |
-		V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE;
+		V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE |
+		V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	vb->index = f->index;
 	vb->sequence = f->sequence;
 	vb->timestamp = f->timestamp;
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-core.c
index 5449e8aa984a..fb5ee5dd8fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-core.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static void videobuf_status(struct videobuf_queue *q, struct v4l2_buffer *b,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	b->flags    = 0;
+	b->flags = V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 	if (vb->map)
 		b->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 9f81be23a81f..85e3c221dadc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ module_param(debug, int, 0644);
 #define call_qop(q, op, args...)					\
 	(((q)->ops->op) ? ((q)->ops->op(args)) : 0)
 
-#define V4L2_BUFFER_STATE_FLAGS	(V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED | \
+#define V4L2_BUFFER_MASK_FLAGS	(V4L2_BUF_FLAG_MAPPED | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_QUEUED | \
 				 V4L2_BUF_FLAG_DONE | V4L2_BUF_FLAG_ERROR | \
-				 V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED)
+				 V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED | \
+				 V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK)
 
 /**
  * __vb2_buf_mem_alloc() - allocate video memory for the given buffer
@@ -401,7 +402,8 @@ static void __fill_v4l2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 	/*
 	 * Clear any buffer state related flags.
 	 */
-	b->flags &= ~V4L2_BUFFER_STATE_FLAGS;
+	b->flags &= ~V4L2_BUFFER_MASK_FLAGS;
+	b->flags |= V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC;
 
 	switch (vb->state) {
 	case VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED:
@@ -939,7 +941,7 @@ static void __fill_vb2_buffer(struct vb2_buffer *vb, const struct v4l2_buffer *b
 
 	vb->v4l2_buf.field = b->field;
 	vb->v4l2_buf.timestamp = b->timestamp;
-	vb->v4l2_buf.flags = b->flags & ~V4L2_BUFFER_STATE_FLAGS;
+	vb->v4l2_buf.flags = b->flags & ~V4L2_BUFFER_MASK_FLAGS;
 }
 
 /**