diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
index 52d24c1ca0d64..b751df31cc24c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_fops.c
@@ -877,6 +877,11 @@ done:
 	else
 		pipe->users++;
 	rt_mutex_unlock(&isp->mutex);
+
+	/* Ensure that a mode is set */
+	if (asd)
+		v4l2_ctrl_s_ctrl(asd->run_mode, pipe->default_run_mode);
+
 	return 0;
 
 css_error:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.c
index dcc2dd981ca60..628e85799274d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.c
@@ -1178,23 +1178,28 @@ static int isp_subdev_init_entities(struct atomisp_sub_device *asd)
 
 	atomisp_init_acc_pipe(asd, &asd->video_acc);
 
-	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_in, "MEMORY");
+	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_in, "MEMORY",
+				 ATOMISP_RUN_MODE_SDV);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_capture, "CAPTURE");
+	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_capture, "CAPTURE",
+				 ATOMISP_RUN_MODE_STILL_CAPTURE);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_vf, "VIEWFINDER");
+	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_vf, "VIEWFINDER",
+				 ATOMISP_RUN_MODE_CONTINUOUS_CAPTURE);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_preview, "PREVIEW");
+	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_preview, "PREVIEW",
+				 ATOMISP_RUN_MODE_PREVIEW);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_video_capture, "VIDEO");
+	ret = atomisp_video_init(&asd->video_out_video_capture, "VIDEO",
+				 ATOMISP_RUN_MODE_VIDEO);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.h b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.h
index 330a77eed8aa6..12215d7406169 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_subdev.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ struct atomisp_video_pipe {
 	/* the link list to store per_frame parameters */
 	struct list_head per_frame_params;
 
+	/* Store here the initial run mode */
+	unsigned int default_run_mode;
+
 	unsigned int buffers_in_css;
 
 	/* irq_lock is used to protect video buffer state change operations and
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
index 687e94e8b6ce5..8aeea74cfd06b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ const struct atomisp_dfs_config dfs_config_cht_soc = {
 	.dfs_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(dfs_rules_cht_soc),
 };
 
-int atomisp_video_init(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video, const char *name)
+int atomisp_video_init(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video, const char *name,
+		       unsigned int run_mode)
 {
 	int ret;
 	const char *direction;
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ int atomisp_video_init(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video, const char *name)
 		 "ATOMISP ISP %s %s", name, direction);
 	video->vdev.release = video_device_release_empty;
 	video_set_drvdata(&video->vdev, video->isp);
+	video->default_run_mode = run_mode;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.h b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.h
index 81bb356b81720..72611b8286a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ struct v4l2_device;
 struct atomisp_device;
 struct firmware;
 
-int atomisp_video_init(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video, const char *name);
+int atomisp_video_init(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video, const char *name,
+		       unsigned int run_mode);
 void atomisp_acc_init(struct atomisp_acc_pipe *video, const char *name);
 void atomisp_video_unregister(struct atomisp_video_pipe *video);
 void atomisp_acc_unregister(struct atomisp_acc_pipe *video);
