diff --git a/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c b/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
index b411f9796191..f83e043f0f3b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
@@ -834,7 +834,8 @@ int __media_entity_setup_link(struct media_link *link, u32 flags)
 	sink = link->sink->entity;
 
 	if (!(link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_DYNAMIC) &&
-	    (source->stream_count || sink->stream_count))
+	    (media_entity_is_streaming(source) ||
+	     media_entity_is_streaming(sink)))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	mdev = source->graph_obj.mdev;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/common.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/common.c
index 944b224eb621..023f624d29d5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/common.c
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 #include <media/drv-intf/exynos-fimc.h>
 #include "common.h"
 
-/* Called with the media graph mutex held or entity->stream_count > 0. */
+/*
+ * Called with the media graph mutex held or media_entity_is_streaming(entity)
+ * true.
+ */
 struct v4l2_subdev *fimc_find_remote_sensor(struct media_entity *entity)
 {
 	struct media_pad *pad = &entity->pads[0];
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp.c
index 855235bea46d..b85986e50f46 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-isp.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int fimc_isp_subdev_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (sd->entity.stream_count == 0) {
+		if (!media_entity_is_streaming(&sd->entity)) {
 			if (fmt->pad == FIMC_ISP_SD_PAD_SINK) {
 				struct v4l2_subdev_format format = *fmt;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
index aaa3af0493ce..386ee3948ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static int fimc_lite_subdev_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	mutex_lock(&fimc->lock);
 
 	if ((atomic_read(&fimc->out_path) == FIMC_IO_ISP &&
-	    sd->entity.stream_count > 0) ||
+	    media_entity_is_streaming(&sd->entity)) ||
 	    (atomic_read(&fimc->out_path) == FIMC_IO_DMA &&
 	    vb2_is_busy(&fimc->vb_queue))) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fimc->lock);
@@ -1197,8 +1197,8 @@ static int fimc_lite_subdev_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int on)
 	 * Find sensor subdev linked to FIMC-LITE directly or through
 	 * MIPI-CSIS. This is required for configuration where FIMC-LITE
 	 * is used as a subdev only and feeds data internally to FIMC-IS.
-	 * The pipeline links are protected through entity.stream_count
-	 * so there is no need to take the media graph mutex here.
+	 * The pipeline links are protected through entity.pipe so there is no
+	 * need to take the media graph mutex here.
 	 */
 	fimc->sensor = fimc_find_remote_sensor(&sd->entity);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-core.c
index 0186ae235113..5117a7a3b5ec 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar-vin/rcar-core.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int rvin_csi2_link_notify(struct media_link *link, u32 flags,
 	 * running streams.
 	 */
 	media_device_for_each_entity(entity, &group->mdev)
-		if (entity->stream_count)
+		if (media_entity_is_streaming(entity))
 			return -EBUSY;
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->lock);
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index fea489f03d57..8546f13c42a9 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -858,6 +858,18 @@ struct media_link *media_entity_find_link(struct media_pad *source,
  */
 struct media_pad *media_entity_remote_pad(const struct media_pad *pad);
 
+/**
+ * media_entity_is_streaming - Test if an entity is part of a streaming pipeline
+ * @entity: The entity
+ *
+ * Return: True if the entity is part of a pipeline started with the
+ * media_pipeline_start() function, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool media_entity_is_streaming(const struct media_entity *entity)
+{
+	return entity->stream_count > 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * media_entity_get_fwnode_pad - Get pad number from fwnode
  *
