diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx7-media-csi.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx7-media-csi.c
index af4a2df780e3..b701e823436a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx7-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx7-media-csi.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ static int imx7_csi_video_g_selection(struct file *file, void *fh,
 {
 	struct imx7_csi *csi = video_drvdata(file);
 
+	if (s->type != V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	switch (s->target) {
 	case V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE:
 	case V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT: