diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
index aeaf355a86eb3..1609daf85a258 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
@@ -986,10 +986,13 @@ static void uvc_function_unbind(struct usb_configuration *c,
 {
 	struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = c->cdev;
 	struct uvc_device *uvc = to_uvc(f);
+	struct uvc_video *video = &uvc->video;
 	long wait_ret = 1;
 
 	uvcg_info(f, "%s()\n", __func__);
 
+	kthread_cancel_work_sync(&video->pump);
+
 	/*
 	 * If we know we're connected via v4l2, then there should be a cleanup
 	 * of the device from userspace either via UVC_EVENT_DISCONNECT or
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
index e252c3db73072..b3a5165ac70ec 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ struct uvc_video {
 	struct uvc_device *uvc;
 	struct usb_ep *ep;
 
+	struct kthread_worker	*kworker;
+	struct kthread_work	pump;
+
 	int enqueued;
 	int dequeued;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c
index 4085f459c3c70..de41519ce9aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ uvc_v4l2_qbuf(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_buffer *b)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (uvc->state == UVC_STATE_STREAMING)
+		kthread_queue_work(video->kworker, &video->pump);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
index 5b0bf8069d48f..a51e95e3b717c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_video.c
@@ -376,10 +376,7 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
 	struct uvc_video *video = ureq->video;
 	struct uvc_video_queue *queue = &video->queue;
 	struct uvc_buffer *last_buf;
-	struct usb_request *to_queue = req;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
 	video->dequeued++;
@@ -442,54 +439,78 @@ uvc_video_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
+
 	/*
-	 * Here we check whether any request is available in the ready
-	 * list. If it is, queue it to the ep and add the current
-	 * usb_request to the req_free list - for qbuf to fill in.
-	 * Otherwise, just use the current usb_request to queue a 0
-	 * length request to the ep. Since we always add to the req_free
-	 * list if we dequeue from the ready list, there will never
-	 * be a situation where the req_free list is completely out of
-	 * requests and cannot recover.
+	 * Queue work to the wq as well since it is possible that a
+	 * buffer may not have been completely encoded with the set of
+	 * in-flight usb requests for whih the complete callbacks are
+	 * firing.
+	 * In that case, if we do not queue work to the worker thread,
+	 * the buffer will never be marked as complete - and therefore
+	 * not be returned to userpsace. As a result,
+	 * dequeue -> queue -> dequeue flow of uvc buffers will not
+	 * happen.
 	 */
-	to_queue->length = 0;
-	if (!list_empty(&video->req_ready)) {
-		to_queue = list_first_entry(&video->req_ready,
-			struct usb_request, list);
-		list_del(&to_queue->list);
-		list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
+	kthread_queue_work(video->kworker, &video->pump);
+}
+
+static void uvcg_video_pump(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct uvc_video *video = container_of(work, struct uvc_video, pump);
+	bool is_bulk = video->max_payload_size;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct usb_request *req;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	while (true) {
+		if (!video->ep->enabled)
+			return;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&video->req_lock, flags);
 		/*
-		 * Queue work to the wq as well since it is possible that a
-		 * buffer may not have been completely encoded with the set of
-		 * in-flight usb requests for whih the complete callbacks are
-		 * firing.
-		 * In that case, if we do not queue work to the worker thread,
-		 * the buffer will never be marked as complete - and therefore
-		 * not be returned to userpsace. As a result,
-		 * dequeue -> queue -> dequeue flow of uvc buffers will not
-		 * happen.
+		 * Here we check whether any request is available in the ready
+		 * list. If it is, queue it to the ep and add the current
+		 * usb_request to the req_free list - for video_pump to fill in.
+		 * Otherwise, just use the current usb_request to queue a 0
+		 * length request to the ep. Since we always add to the req_free
+		 * list if we dequeue from the ready list, there will never
+		 * be a situation where the req_free list is completely out of
+		 * requests and cannot recover.
 		 */
-	} else if ((video->enqueued - video->dequeued) > 32) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
+		if (!list_empty(&video->req_ready)) {
+			req = list_first_entry(&video->req_ready,
+					       struct usb_request, list);
+		} else {
+			if (list_empty(&video->req_free) || (video->enqueued - video->dequeued) > 32) {
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
+
+				return;
+			}
+			req = list_first_entry(&video->req_free, struct usb_request,
+					       list);
+			req->length = 0;
+		}
+		list_del(&req->list);
 
-		return;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Queue to the endpoint. The actual queueing to ep will
-	 * only happen on one thread - the async_wq for bulk endpoints
-	 * and this thread for isoc endpoints.
-	 */
-	ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, to_queue, !is_bulk);
-	if (ret < 0) {
 		/*
-		 * Endpoint error, but the stream is still enabled.
-		 * Put request back in req_free for it to be cleaned
-		 * up later.
+		 * Queue to the endpoint. The actual queueing to ep will
+		 * only happen on one thread - the async_wq for bulk endpoints
+		 * and this thread for isoc endpoints.
 		 */
-		list_add_tail(&to_queue->list, &video->req_free);
-	}
+		ret = uvcg_video_usb_req_queue(video, req, !is_bulk);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Endpoint error, but the stream is still enabled.
+			 * Put request back in req_free for it to be cleaned
+			 * up later.
+			 */
+			list_add_tail(&req->list, &video->req_free);
+		}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&video->req_lock, flags);
+	}
 }
 
 static int
@@ -755,6 +776,17 @@ int uvcg_video_init(struct uvc_video *video, struct uvc_device *uvc)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&video->req_ready);
 	spin_lock_init(&video->req_lock);
 
+	/* Allocate a work queue for asynchronous video pump handler. */
+	video->kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, "UVCG");
+	if (IS_ERR(video->kworker)) {
+		uvcg_err(&video->uvc->func, "failed to create message pump kworker\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(video->kworker);
+	}
+
+	kthread_init_work(&video->pump, uvcg_video_pump);
+
+	sched_set_fifo(video->kworker->task);
+
 	video->uvc = uvc;
 	video->fcc = V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV;
 	video->bpp = 16;
