diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 9484cc2619e4..bb5b4926538a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static void v4l_fill_fmtdesc(struct v4l2_fmtdesc *fmt)
 
 	if (descr)
 		WARN_ON(strscpy(fmt->description, descr, sz) < 0);
-	fmt->flags = flags;
+	fmt->flags |= flags;
 }
 
 static int v4l_enum_fmt(const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops *ops,