diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/isp.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/isp.c
index 136ea1848701..f41e0d08de93 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/isp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/isp.c
@@ -917,6 +917,10 @@ static int isp_pipeline_enable(struct isp_pipeline *pipe,
 					s_stream, mode);
 			pipe->do_propagation = true;
 		}
+
+		/* Stop at the first external sub-device. */
+		if (subdev->dev != isp->dev)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1031,6 +1035,10 @@ static int isp_pipeline_disable(struct isp_pipeline *pipe)
 				isp->crashed |= 1U << subdev->entity.id;
 			failure = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
+
+		/* Stop at the first external sub-device. */
+		if (subdev->dev != isp->dev)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return failure;