diff --git a/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c b/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
index 7839e3f68efa..c2d8f59b62c1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/mc/mc-entity.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,9 @@ static void __media_entity_remove_link(struct media_entity *entity,
 
 	/* Remove the reverse links for a data link. */
 	if ((link->flags & MEDIA_LNK_FL_LINK_TYPE) == MEDIA_LNK_FL_DATA_LINK) {
+		link->source->num_links--;
+		link->sink->num_links--;
+
 		if (link->source->entity == entity)
 			remote = link->sink->entity;
 		else
@@ -1143,6 +1146,9 @@ media_create_pad_link(struct media_entity *source, u16 source_pad,
 	sink->num_links++;
 	source->num_links++;
 
+	link->source->num_links++;
+	link->sink->num_links++;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_create_pad_link);
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index c79176ed6299..0393b23129eb 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ enum media_pad_signal_type {
  * @graph_obj:	Embedded structure containing the media object common data
  * @entity:	Entity this pad belongs to
  * @index:	Pad index in the entity pads array, numbered from 0 to n
+ * @num_links:	Number of links connected to this pad
  * @sig_type:	Type of the signal inside a media pad
  * @flags:	Pad flags, as defined in
  *		:ref:`include/uapi/linux/media.h <media_header>`
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ struct media_pad {
 	struct media_gobj graph_obj;	/* must be first field in struct */
 	struct media_entity *entity;
 	u16 index;
+	u16 num_links;
 	enum media_pad_signal_type sig_type;
 	unsigned long flags;