diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
index 046fc9d018eb..15fb01b165c4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.c
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@
 
 /* ISP */
 
+int sun6i_csi_isp_complete(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev,
+			   struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
+{
+	if (csi_dev->v4l2_dev && csi_dev->v4l2_dev != v4l2_dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	csi_dev->v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev;
+	csi_dev->media_dev = v4l2_dev->mdev;
+
+	return sun6i_csi_capture_setup(csi_dev);
+}
+
 static int sun6i_csi_isp_detect(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = csi_dev->dev;
@@ -96,6 +108,9 @@ static int sun6i_csi_v4l2_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 		goto error_media;
 	}
 
+	csi_dev->v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev;
+	csi_dev->media_dev = media_dev;
+
 	return 0;
 
 error_media:
@@ -324,17 +339,27 @@ static int sun6i_csi_probe(struct platform_device *platform_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_resources;
 
-	ret = sun6i_csi_v4l2_setup(csi_dev);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_resources;
+	/*
+	 * Register our own v4l2 and media devices when there is no ISP around.
+	 * Otherwise the ISP will use async subdev registration with our bridge,
+	 * which will provide v4l2 and media devices that are used to register
+	 * the video interface.
+	 */
+	if (!csi_dev->isp_available) {
+		ret = sun6i_csi_v4l2_setup(csi_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto error_resources;
+	}
 
 	ret = sun6i_csi_bridge_setup(csi_dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_v4l2;
 
-	ret = sun6i_csi_capture_setup(csi_dev);
-	if (ret)
-		goto error_bridge;
+	if (!csi_dev->isp_available) {
+		ret = sun6i_csi_capture_setup(csi_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto error_bridge;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -342,7 +367,8 @@ static int sun6i_csi_probe(struct platform_device *platform_dev)
 	sun6i_csi_bridge_cleanup(csi_dev);
 
 error_v4l2:
-	sun6i_csi_v4l2_cleanup(csi_dev);
+	if (!csi_dev->isp_available)
+		sun6i_csi_v4l2_cleanup(csi_dev);
 
 error_resources:
 	sun6i_csi_resources_cleanup(csi_dev);
@@ -356,7 +382,10 @@ static int sun6i_csi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	sun6i_csi_capture_cleanup(csi_dev);
 	sun6i_csi_bridge_cleanup(csi_dev);
-	sun6i_csi_v4l2_cleanup(csi_dev);
+
+	if (!csi_dev->isp_available)
+		sun6i_csi_v4l2_cleanup(csi_dev);
+
 	sun6i_csi_resources_cleanup(csi_dev);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
index 8e232cd91ebe..bc3f0dae35df 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct sun6i_csi_v4l2 {
 
 struct sun6i_csi_device {
 	struct device			*dev;
+	struct v4l2_device		*v4l2_dev;
+	struct media_device		*media_dev;
 
 	struct sun6i_csi_v4l2		v4l2;
 	struct sun6i_csi_bridge		bridge;
@@ -53,4 +55,9 @@ struct sun6i_csi_variant {
 	unsigned long	clock_mod_rate;
 };
 
+/* ISP */
+
+int sun6i_csi_isp_complete(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev,
+			   struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_bridge.c b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_bridge.c
index 492f93b0db28..86d20c1c35ed 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_bridge.c
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ sun6i_csi_bridge_notifier_bound(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 	struct sun6i_csi_bridge *bridge = &csi_dev->bridge;
 	struct sun6i_csi_bridge_source *source = bridge_async_subdev->source;
 	bool enabled;
+	int ret;
 
 	switch (source->endpoint.base.port) {
 	case SUN6I_CSI_PORT_PARALLEL:
@@ -667,6 +668,16 @@ sun6i_csi_bridge_notifier_bound(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 
 	source->subdev = remote_subdev;
 
+	if (csi_dev->isp_available) {
+		/*
+		 * Hook to the first available remote subdev to get v4l2 and
+		 * media devices and register the capture device then.
+		 */
+		ret = sun6i_csi_isp_complete(csi_dev, remote_subdev->v4l2_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	return sun6i_csi_bridge_link(csi_dev, SUN6I_CSI_BRIDGE_PAD_SINK,
 				     remote_subdev, enabled);
 }
@@ -679,6 +690,9 @@ sun6i_csi_bridge_notifier_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 			     bridge.notifier);
 	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &csi_dev->v4l2.v4l2_dev;
 
+	if (csi_dev->isp_available)
+		return 0;
+
 	return v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(v4l2_dev);
 }
 
@@ -752,7 +766,7 @@ int sun6i_csi_bridge_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = csi_dev->dev;
 	struct sun6i_csi_bridge *bridge = &csi_dev->bridge;
-	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &csi_dev->v4l2.v4l2_dev;
+	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = csi_dev->v4l2_dev;
 	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev = &bridge->subdev;
 	struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier = &bridge->notifier;
 	struct media_pad *pads = bridge->pads;
@@ -793,7 +807,11 @@ int sun6i_csi_bridge_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 
 	/* V4L2 Subdev */
 
-	ret = v4l2_device_register_subdev(v4l2_dev, subdev);
+	if (csi_dev->isp_available)
+		ret = v4l2_async_register_subdev(subdev);
+	else
+		ret = v4l2_device_register_subdev(v4l2_dev, subdev);
+
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register v4l2 subdev: %d\n", ret);
 		goto error_media_entity;
@@ -810,7 +828,10 @@ int sun6i_csi_bridge_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 	sun6i_csi_bridge_source_setup(csi_dev, &bridge->source_mipi_csi2,
 				      SUN6I_CSI_PORT_MIPI_CSI2, NULL);
 
-	ret = v4l2_async_nf_register(v4l2_dev, notifier);
+	if (csi_dev->isp_available)
+		ret = v4l2_async_subdev_nf_register(subdev, notifier);
+	else
+		ret = v4l2_async_nf_register(v4l2_dev, notifier);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register v4l2 async notifier: %d\n",
 			ret);
@@ -822,7 +843,10 @@ int sun6i_csi_bridge_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 error_v4l2_async_notifier:
 	v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(notifier);
 
-	v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(subdev);
+	if (csi_dev->isp_available)
+		v4l2_async_unregister_subdev(subdev);
+	else
+		v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(subdev);
 
 error_media_entity:
 	media_entity_cleanup(&subdev->entity);
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 708338c50b8b..6d34f5c0768f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int sun6i_csi_capture_buffer_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev = vb2_get_drv_priv(buffer->vb2_queue);
 	struct sun6i_csi_capture *capture = &csi_dev->capture;
-	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &csi_dev->v4l2.v4l2_dev;
+	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = csi_dev->v4l2_dev;
 	struct vb2_v4l2_buffer *v4l2_buffer = to_vb2_v4l2_buffer(buffer);
 	unsigned long size = capture->format.fmt.pix.sizeimage;
 
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int sun6i_csi_capture_link_validate(struct media_link *link)
 	struct video_device *video_dev =
 		media_entity_to_video_device(link->sink->entity);
 	struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev = video_get_drvdata(video_dev);
-	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &csi_dev->v4l2.v4l2_dev;
+	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = csi_dev->v4l2_dev;
 	const struct sun6i_csi_capture_format *capture_format;
 	const struct sun6i_csi_bridge_format *bridge_format;
 	unsigned int capture_width, capture_height;
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ int sun6i_csi_capture_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 {
 	struct sun6i_csi_capture *capture = &csi_dev->capture;
 	struct sun6i_csi_capture_state *state = &capture->state;
-	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = &csi_dev->v4l2.v4l2_dev;
+	struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = csi_dev->v4l2_dev;
 	struct v4l2_subdev *bridge_subdev = &csi_dev->bridge.subdev;
 	struct video_device *video_dev = &capture->video_dev;
 	struct vb2_queue *queue = &capture->queue;
@@ -980,6 +980,10 @@ int sun6i_csi_capture_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 	struct v4l2_pix_format *pix_format = &format->fmt.pix;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* This may happen with multiple bridge notifier bound calls. */
+	if (state->setup)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* State */
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&state->queue);
@@ -1055,6 +1059,7 @@ int sun6i_csi_capture_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 	ret = media_create_pad_link(&bridge_subdev->entity,
 				    SUN6I_CSI_BRIDGE_PAD_SOURCE,
 				    &video_dev->entity, 0,
+				    csi_dev->isp_available ? 0 :
 				    MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED |
 				    MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1065,6 +1070,8 @@ int sun6i_csi_capture_setup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 		goto error_video_device;
 	}
 
+	state->setup = true;
+
 	return 0;
 
 error_video_device:
@@ -1083,7 +1090,13 @@ void sun6i_csi_capture_cleanup(struct sun6i_csi_device *csi_dev)
 	struct sun6i_csi_capture *capture = &csi_dev->capture;
 	struct video_device *video_dev = &capture->video_dev;
 
+	/* This may happen if async registration failed to complete. */
+	if (!capture->state.setup)
+		return;
+
 	vb2_video_unregister_device(video_dev);
 	media_entity_cleanup(&video_dev->entity);
 	mutex_destroy(&capture->lock);
+
+	capture->state.setup = false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.h b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.h
index 29893cf96f6b..3ee5ccefbd10 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sunxi/sun6i-csi/sun6i_csi_capture.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct sun6i_csi_capture_state {
 
 	unsigned int			sequence;
 	bool				streaming;
+	bool				setup;
 };
 
 struct sun6i_csi_capture {
