diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 71563d8f4bcf..ee4f54d68349 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 unsigned int uvc_clock_param = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
 unsigned int uvc_hw_timestamps_param;
+unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param = 1;
 static unsigned int uvc_quirks_param = -1;
 unsigned int uvc_dbg_param;
 unsigned int uvc_timeout_param = UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT;
@@ -2467,6 +2468,24 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(clock, "Video buffers timestamp clock");
 module_param_named(hwtimestamps, uvc_hw_timestamps_param, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(hwtimestamps, "Use hardware timestamps");
 
+static int param_set_nodrop(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	pr_warn_once("uvcvideo: "
+		     DEPRECATED
+		     "nodrop parameter will be eventually removed.\n");
+	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_nodrop = {
+	.set = param_set_nodrop,
+	.get = param_get_uint,
+};
+
+param_check_uint(nodrop, &uvc_no_drop_param);
+module_param_cb(nodrop, &param_ops_nodrop, &uvc_no_drop_param, 0644);
+__MODULE_PARM_TYPE(nodrop, "uint");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nodrop, "Don't drop incomplete frames");
+
 module_param_named(quirks, uvc_quirks_param, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(quirks, "Forced device quirks");
 module_param_named(trace, uvc_dbg_param, uint, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
index 3bc54456b4d9..681a74ed09fb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_queue.c
@@ -331,9 +331,34 @@ struct uvc_buffer *uvc_queue_get_current_buffer(struct uvc_video_queue *queue)
 	return nextbuf;
 }
 
+/*
+ * uvc_queue_buffer_requeue: Requeue a buffer on our internal irqqueue
+ *
+ * Reuse a buffer through our internal queue without the need to 'prepare'.
+ * The buffer will be returned to userspace through the uvc_buffer_queue call if
+ * the device has been disconnected.
+ */
+static void uvc_queue_buffer_requeue(struct uvc_video_queue *queue,
+				     struct uvc_buffer *buf)
+{
+	buf->error = 0;
+	buf->state = UVC_BUF_STATE_QUEUED;
+	buf->bytesused = 0;
+	vb2_set_plane_payload(&buf->buf.vb2_buf, 0, 0);
+
+	uvc_buffer_queue(&buf->buf.vb2_buf);
+}
+
 static void uvc_queue_buffer_complete(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct uvc_buffer *buf = container_of(ref, struct uvc_buffer, ref);
+	struct vb2_buffer *vb = &buf->buf.vb2_buf;
+	struct uvc_video_queue *queue = vb2_get_drv_priv(vb->vb2_queue);
+
+	if (buf->error && !uvc_no_drop_param) {
+		uvc_queue_buffer_requeue(queue, buf);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	buf->state = buf->error ? UVC_BUF_STATE_ERROR : UVC_BUF_STATE_DONE;
 	vb2_set_plane_payload(&buf->buf.vb2_buf, 0, buf->bytesused);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index 911016047687..d583425893a5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ static inline struct uvc_fh *to_uvc_fh(struct file *filp)
 #define UVC_WARN_XU_GET_RES	2
 
 extern unsigned int uvc_clock_param;
+extern unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param;
 extern unsigned int uvc_dbg_param;
 extern unsigned int uvc_timeout_param;
 extern unsigned int uvc_hw_timestamps_param;