diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
index 5e03069bd4c3..d5318e2b04df 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
@@ -535,32 +535,6 @@ int sun6i_csi_update_config(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void sun6i_csi_set_stream(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev, bool enable)
-{
-	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
-
-	if (!enable) {
-		regmap_update_bits(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_REG,
-				   SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON, 0);
-		regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_REG, 0);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_STA_REG,
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_STA_CLEAR);
-	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_REG,
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_VS |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_HB_OF |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO2_OF |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO1_OF |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO0_OF |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FD |
-		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_CD);
-
-	regmap_update_bits(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_REG, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON,
-			   SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON);
-}
-
 /* Media */
 
 static const struct media_device_ops sun6i_csi_media_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
index ff7bb7c0de01..a522aedb5ee6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ int sun6i_csi_set_power(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev, bool enable);
 int sun6i_csi_update_config(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev,
 			    struct sun6i_csi_config *config);
 
-/**
- * sun6i_csi_set_stream() - start/stop csi streaming
- * @csi:	pointer to the csi
- * @enable:	start/stop
- */
-void sun6i_csi_set_stream(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev, bool enable);
-
 /* get bpp form v4l2 pixformat */
 static inline int sun6i_csi_get_bpp(unsigned int pixformat)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c
index 0d844e3798e4..4c49d9206898 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c
@@ -107,6 +107,51 @@ static bool sun6i_csi_capture_format_check(u32 format)
 
 /* Capture */
 
+static void sun6i_csi_capture_irq_enable(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
+{
+	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
+
+	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_REG,
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_VS |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_HB_OF |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO2_OF |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO1_OF |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FIFO0_OF |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_FD |
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_CD);
+}
+
+static void sun6i_csi_capture_irq_disable(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
+{
+	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
+
+	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_REG, 0);
+}
+
+static void sun6i_csi_capture_irq_clear(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
+{
+	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
+
+	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_EN_REG, 0);
+	regmap_write(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_STA_REG,
+		     SUN6I_CSI_CH_INT_STA_CLEAR);
+}
+
+static void sun6i_csi_capture_enable(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
+{
+	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
+
+	regmap_update_bits(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_REG, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON,
+			   SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON);
+}
+
+static void sun6i_csi_capture_disable(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
+{
+	struct regmap *regmap = csi_dev->regmap;
+
+	regmap_update_bits(regmap, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_REG, SUN6I_CSI_CAP_VCAP_ON, 0);
+}
+
 static void
 sun6i_csi_capture_buffer_configure(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev,
 				   struct sun6i_csi_buffer *csi_buffer)
@@ -357,6 +402,10 @@ static int sun6i_csi_capture_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *queue,
 		goto error_media_pipeline;
 	}
 
+	/* Clear */
+
+	sun6i_csi_capture_irq_clear(csi_dev);
+
 	/* Configure */
 
 	sun6i_csi_capture_configure(csi_dev);
@@ -367,7 +416,8 @@ static int sun6i_csi_capture_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *queue,
 
 	/* Enable */
 
-	sun6i_csi_set_stream(csi_dev, true);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_irq_enable(csi_dev);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_enable(csi_dev);
 
 	ret = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, video, s_stream, 1);
 	if (ret && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
@@ -376,7 +426,8 @@ static int sun6i_csi_capture_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *queue,
 	return 0;
 
 error_stream:
-	sun6i_csi_set_stream(csi_dev, false);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_disable(csi_dev);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_irq_disable(csi_dev);
 
 error_media_pipeline:
 	media_pipeline_stop(&video_dev->entity);
@@ -397,7 +448,8 @@ static void sun6i_csi_capture_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *queue)
 	if (subdev)
 		v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, video, s_stream, 0);
 
-	sun6i_csi_set_stream(csi_dev, false);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_disable(csi_dev);
+	sun6i_csi_capture_irq_disable(csi_dev);
 
 	media_pipeline_stop(&capture->video_dev.entity);
 
