diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 3f27571..9051ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -2885,6 +2885,15 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event);
 
+int v4l2_ctrl_subdev_subscribe_event(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_fh *fh,
+				     struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub)
+{
+	if (!sd->ctrl_handler)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return v4l2_ctrl_subscribe_event(fh, sub);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_ctrl_subdev_subscribe_event);
+
 unsigned int v4l2_ctrl_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
 	struct v4l2_fh *fh = file->private_data;
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
index 91125b6..1e84946 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-ctrls.h
@@ -654,4 +654,9 @@
 int v4l2_subdev_g_ctrl(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_control *ctrl);
 int v4l2_subdev_s_ctrl(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_control *ctrl);
 
+/* Can be used as a subscribe_event function that just subscribes control
+   events. */
+int v4l2_ctrl_subdev_subscribe_event(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_fh *fh,
+				     struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub);
+
 #endif