diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
index c9ca867ef32b..26205ba3a0a0 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ union v4l2_ctrl_ptr {
 	void *p;
 };
 
+/**
+ * v4l2_ctrl_ptr_create() - Helper function to return a v4l2_ctrl_ptr from a
+ * void pointer
+ * @ptr:	The void pointer
+ */
+static inline union v4l2_ctrl_ptr v4l2_ctrl_ptr_create(void *ptr)
+{
+	union v4l2_ctrl_ptr p = { .p = ptr };
+
+	return p;
+}
+
 /**
  * struct v4l2_ctrl_ops - The control operations that the driver has to provide.
  *