diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-isys-queue.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-isys-queue.c
index 8f05987cdb4e..fdf41b3cf60e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-isys-queue.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-isys-queue.c
@@ -408,13 +408,6 @@ static void buf_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 	ipu6_isys_buf_to_fw_frame_buf(buf, stream, &bl);
 	ipu6_fw_isys_dump_frame_buff_set(dev, buf, stream->nr_output_pins);
 
-	if (!stream->streaming) {
-		ret = ipu6_isys_stream_start(av, &bl, true);
-		if (ret)
-			dev_err(dev, "stream start failed.\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * We must queue the buffers in the buffer list to the
 	 * appropriate video buffer queues BEFORE passing them to the