diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
index 8433ecab230c..7e0f34bfa5be 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ int wave5_vpu_release_device(struct file *filp,
 			     char *name)
 {
 	struct vpu_instance *inst = wave5_to_vpu_inst(filp->private_data);
+	struct vpu_device *dev = inst->dev;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx);
 	if (inst->state != VPU_INST_STATE_NONE) {
 		u32 fail_res;
-		int ret;
 
 		ret = close_func(inst, &fail_res);
 		if (fail_res == WAVE5_SYSERR_VPU_STILL_RUNNING) {
@@ -71,8 +72,20 @@ int wave5_vpu_release_device(struct file *filp,
 	}
 
 	wave5_cleanup_instance(inst);
+	if (dev->irq < 0) {
+		ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-	return 0;
+		if (list_empty(&dev->instances)) {
+			dev_dbg(dev->dev, "Disabling the hrtimer\n");
+			hrtimer_cancel(&dev->hrtimer);
+		}
+
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int wave5_vpu_queue_init(void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq, struct vb2_queue *dst_vq,
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
index ef227af72348..c8624c681fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,6 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_dec(struct file *filp)
 	v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inst->list);
-	list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
 
 	inst->v4l2_m2m_dev = inst->dev->v4l2_m2m_dec_dev;
 	inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx =
@@ -1867,6 +1866,18 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_dec(struct file *filp)
 
 	wave5_vdi_allocate_sram(inst->dev);
 
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
+	if (ret)
+		goto cleanup_inst;
+
+	if (dev->irq < 0 && !hrtimer_active(&dev->hrtimer) && list_empty(&dev->instances))
+		hrtimer_start(&dev->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(dev->vpu_poll_interval * NSEC_PER_MSEC),
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+
+	list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup_inst:
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
index f29cfa3af94a..9e88424761b6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
@@ -1554,7 +1554,6 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
 	v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inst->list);
-	list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
 
 	inst->v4l2_m2m_dev = inst->dev->v4l2_m2m_enc_dev;
 	inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx =
@@ -1729,6 +1728,18 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
 
 	wave5_vdi_allocate_sram(inst->dev);
 
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
+	if (ret)
+		goto cleanup_inst;
+
+	if (dev->irq < 0 && !hrtimer_active(&dev->hrtimer) && list_empty(&dev->instances))
+		hrtimer_start(&dev->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(dev->vpu_poll_interval * NSEC_PER_MSEC),
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+
+	list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup_inst:
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
index 0d90b5820bef..ecf8a3de1937 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ struct wave5_match_data {
 	const char *fw_name;
 };
 
+static int vpu_poll_interval = 5;
+module_param(vpu_poll_interval, int, 0644);
+
 int wave5_vpu_wait_interrupt(struct vpu_instance *inst, unsigned int timeout)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ int wave5_vpu_wait_interrupt(struct vpu_instance *inst, unsigned int timeout)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
+static void wave5_vpu_handle_irq(void *dev_id)
 {
 	u32 seq_done;
 	u32 cmd_done;
@@ -48,42 +51,67 @@ static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct vpu_instance *inst;
 	struct vpu_device *dev = dev_id;
 
-	if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS)) {
-		irq_reason = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON);
-		wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON_CLR, irq_reason);
-		wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_CLEAR, 0x1);
-
-		list_for_each_entry(inst, &dev->instances, list) {
-			seq_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO);
-			cmd_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST);
-
-			if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_INIT_SEQ) ||
-			    irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_SET_PARAM)) {
-				if (seq_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
-					seq_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
-					wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO,
-								 seq_done);
-					complete(&inst->irq_done);
-				}
+	irq_reason = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON);
+	wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON_CLR, irq_reason);
+	wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_CLEAR, 0x1);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(inst, &dev->instances, list) {
+		seq_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO);
+		cmd_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST);
+
+		if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_INIT_SEQ) ||
+		    irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_SET_PARAM)) {
+			if (seq_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
+				seq_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
+				wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO,
+							 seq_done);
+				complete(&inst->irq_done);
 			}
+		}
 
-			if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_DEC_PIC) ||
-			    irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_PIC)) {
-				if (cmd_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
-					cmd_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
-					wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST,
-								 cmd_done);
-					inst->ops->finish_process(inst);
-				}
+		if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_DEC_PIC) ||
+		    irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_PIC)) {
+			if (cmd_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
+				cmd_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
+				wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST,
+							 cmd_done);
+				inst->ops->finish_process(inst);
 			}
-
-			wave5_vpu_clear_interrupt(inst, irq_reason);
 		}
+
+		wave5_vpu_clear_interrupt(inst, irq_reason);
 	}
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct vpu_device *dev = dev_id;
+
+	if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS))
+		wave5_vpu_handle_irq(dev);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+static void wave5_vpu_irq_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct vpu_device *dev = container_of(work, struct vpu_device, work);
+
+	if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS))
+		wave5_vpu_handle_irq(dev);
+}
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart wave5_vpu_timer_callback(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct vpu_device *dev =
+			container_of(timer, struct vpu_device, hrtimer);
+
+	kthread_queue_work(dev->worker, &dev->work);
+	hrtimer_forward_now(timer, ns_to_ktime(vpu_poll_interval * NSEC_PER_MSEC));
+
+	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
+}
+
 static int wave5_vpu_load_firmware(struct device *dev, const char *fw_name,
 				   u32 *revision)
 {
@@ -185,6 +213,28 @@ static int wave5_vpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	dev->product = wave5_vpu_get_product_id(dev);
 
+	dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (dev->irq < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get irq resource, falling back to polling\n");
+		hrtimer_init(&dev->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+		dev->hrtimer.function = &wave5_vpu_timer_callback;
+		dev->worker = kthread_create_worker(0, "vpu_irq_thread");
+		if (IS_ERR(dev->worker)) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create vpu irq worker\n");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(dev->worker);
+			goto err_vdi_release;
+		}
+		dev->vpu_poll_interval = vpu_poll_interval;
+		kthread_init_work(&dev->work, wave5_vpu_irq_work_fn);
+	} else {
+		ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, dev->irq, NULL,
+						wave5_vpu_irq_thread, IRQF_ONESHOT, "vpu_irq", dev);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Register interrupt handler, fail: %d\n", ret);
+			goto err_enc_unreg;
+		}
+	}
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->instances);
 	ret = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -207,20 +257,6 @@ static int wave5_vpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (dev->irq < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get irq resource\n");
-		ret = -ENXIO;
-		goto err_enc_unreg;
-	}
-
-	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, dev->irq, NULL,
-					wave5_vpu_irq_thread, IRQF_ONESHOT, "vpu_irq", dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Register interrupt handler, fail: %d\n", ret);
-		goto err_enc_unreg;
-	}
-
 	ret = wave5_vpu_load_firmware(&pdev->dev, match_data->fw_name, &fw_revision);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "wave5_vpu_load_firmware, fail: %d\n", ret);
@@ -254,6 +290,11 @@ static int wave5_vpu_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct vpu_device *dev = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
 
+	if (dev->irq < 0) {
+		kthread_destroy_worker(dev->worker);
+		hrtimer_cancel(&dev->hrtimer);
+	}
+
 	mutex_destroy(&dev->dev_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&dev->hw_lock);
 	clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(dev->num_clks, dev->clks);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
index 352f6e904e50..edc50450ddb8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
@@ -756,6 +756,10 @@ struct vpu_device {
 	u32 product_code;
 	struct ida inst_ida;
 	struct clk_bulk_data *clks;
+	struct hrtimer hrtimer;
+	struct kthread_work work;
+	struct kthread_worker *worker;
+	int vpu_poll_interval;
 	int num_clks;
 };
 
