2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 77d96f4e3f50..f2df31b088c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
         To properly support events, the poll() file operation is also
         implemented.
 
+Private ioctls
+
+        All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
+        driver through the core::ioctl operation.
+
 
 I2C sub-device drivers
 ----------------------
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
index 6e76f734c780..0b8064490676 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
         }
 #endif
         default:
-                return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+                return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, ioctl, cmd, arg);
         }
 
         return 0;