diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
index 9d673d113d7a..290c6b213179 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static unsigned sev_pos(const struct v4l2_subscribed_event *sev, unsigned idx)
 static int __v4l2_event_dequeue(struct v4l2_fh *fh, struct v4l2_event *event)
 {
 	struct v4l2_kevent *kev;
+	struct timespec64 ts;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fh->vdev->fh_lock, flags);
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ static int __v4l2_event_dequeue(struct v4l2_fh *fh, struct v4l2_event *event)
 
 	kev->event.pending = fh->navailable;
 	*event = kev->event;
-	event->timestamp = ns_to_timespec(kev->ts);
+	ts = ns_to_timespec64(kev->ts);
+	event->timestamp.tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+	event->timestamp.tv_nsec = ts.tv_nsec;
 	kev->sev->first = sev_pos(kev->sev, 1);
 	kev->sev->in_use--;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 50612b4749d3..b8aca0d174bd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -3025,6 +3025,13 @@ static int check_array_args(unsigned int cmd, void *parg, size_t *array_size,
 
 static unsigned int video_translate_cmd(unsigned int cmd)
 {
+	switch (cmd) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
+	case VIDIOC_DQEVENT_TIME32:
+		return VIDIOC_DQEVENT;
+#endif
+	}
+
 	return cmd;
 }
 
@@ -3074,6 +3081,21 @@ static int video_put_user(void __user *arg, void *parg, unsigned int cmd)
 		return 0;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
+	case VIDIOC_DQEVENT_TIME32: {
+		struct v4l2_event_time32 ev32;
+		struct v4l2_event *ev = parg;
+
+	        memcpy(&ev32, ev, offsetof(struct v4l2_event, timestamp));
+	        ev32.timestamp.tv_sec = ev->timestamp.tv_sec;
+	        ev32.timestamp.tv_nsec = ev->timestamp.tv_nsec;
+	        memcpy(&ev32.id, &ev->id, sizeof(*ev) - offsetof(struct v4l2_event, id));
+
+		if (copy_to_user(arg, &ev32, sizeof(ev32)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		break;
+	}
+#endif
 	default:
 		/*  Copy results into user buffer  */
 		if (copy_to_user(arg, parg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd)))
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
index 9e987c0f840e..77b77807aaca 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 	struct v4l2_fh *vfh = file->private_data;
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
 	struct v4l2_subdev_fh *subdev_fh = to_v4l2_subdev_fh(vfh);
-	int rval;
 #endif
+	int rval;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL:
@@ -392,6 +392,24 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 
 		return v4l2_event_dequeue(vfh, arg, file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 
+	case VIDIOC_DQEVENT_TIME32: {
+		struct v4l2_event_time32 *ev32 = arg;
+		struct v4l2_event ev;
+
+		if (!(sd->flags & V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS))
+			return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+
+		rval = v4l2_event_dequeue(vfh, &ev, file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
+
+		memcpy(ev32, &ev, offsetof(struct v4l2_event, timestamp));
+		ev32->timestamp.tv_sec = ev.timestamp.tv_sec;
+		ev32->timestamp.tv_nsec = ev.timestamp.tv_nsec;
+		memcpy(&ev32->id, &ev.id,
+		       sizeof(ev) - offsetof(struct v4l2_event, id));
+
+		return rval;
+	}
+
 	case VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT:
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, subscribe_event, vfh, arg);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 5de1e37995c0..e38afa71a327 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -2340,11 +2340,40 @@ struct v4l2_event {
 	} u;
 	__u32				pending;
 	__u32				sequence;
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+	struct __kernel_timespec	timestamp;
+#else
 	struct timespec			timestamp;
+#endif
 	__u32				id;
 	__u32				reserved[8];
 };
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+/*
+ * The user space interpretation of the 'v4l2_event' differs
+ * based on the 'time_t' definition on 32-bit architectures, so
+ * the kernel has to handle both.
+ * This is the old version for 32-bit architectures.
+ */
+struct v4l2_event_time32 {
+	__u32				type;
+	union {
+		struct v4l2_event_vsync		vsync;
+		struct v4l2_event_ctrl		ctrl;
+		struct v4l2_event_frame_sync	frame_sync;
+		struct v4l2_event_src_change	src_change;
+		struct v4l2_event_motion_det	motion_det;
+		__u8				data[64];
+	} u;
+	__u32				pending;
+	__u32				sequence;
+	struct old_timespec32		timestamp;
+	__u32				id;
+	__u32				reserved[8];
+};
+#endif
+
 #define V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL		(1 << 0)
 #define V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK	(1 << 1)
 
@@ -2497,6 +2526,7 @@ struct v4l2_create_buffers {
 #define	VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS	_IOWR('V', 87, struct v4l2_dv_timings)
 #define	VIDIOC_G_DV_TIMINGS	_IOWR('V', 88, struct v4l2_dv_timings)
 #define	VIDIOC_DQEVENT		 _IOR('V', 89, struct v4l2_event)
+#define	VIDIOC_DQEVENT_TIME32	 _IOR('V', 89, struct v4l2_event_time32)
 #define	VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT	 _IOW('V', 90, struct v4l2_event_subscription)
 #define	VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT _IOW('V', 91, struct v4l2_event_subscription)
 #define VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS	_IOWR('V', 92, struct v4l2_create_buffers)
