diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index 0404267f1ae4..6575b1cbe95f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -275,6 +275,45 @@ v4l2_async_nf_try_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 static int
 v4l2_async_nf_try_all_subdevs(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier);
 
+static int
+__v4l2_async_create_ancillary_link(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
+				   struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+{
+	struct media_link *link;
+
+	if (sd->entity.function != MEDIA_ENT_F_LENS &&
+	    sd->entity.function != MEDIA_ENT_F_FLASH)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	link = media_create_ancillary_link(&notifier->sd->entity, &sd->entity,
+					   MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED |
+					   MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE);
+
+	return IS_ERR(link) ? PTR_ERR(link) : 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Setup links on behalf of the notifier and subdev, where it's obvious what
+ * should be done. At the moment, we only support cases where the notifier
+ * is a sensor and the subdev is a lens.
+ *
+ * TODO: Setup pad links if the notifier's function is MEDIA_ENT_F_VID_IF_BRIDGE
+ * and the subdev's is MEDIA_ENT_F_CAM_SENSOR
+ */
+static int v4l2_async_try_create_links(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
+				       struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+{
+	if (!notifier->sd)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (notifier->sd->entity.function) {
+	case MEDIA_ENT_F_CAM_SENSOR:
+		return __v4l2_async_create_ancillary_link(notifier, sd);
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static int v4l2_async_match_notify(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 				   struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
 				   struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
@@ -293,6 +332,18 @@ static int v4l2_async_match_notify(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Depending of the function of the entities involved, we may want to
+	 * create links between them (for example between a sensor and its lens
+	 * or between a sensor's source pad and the connected device's sink
+	 * pad)
+	 */
+	ret = v4l2_async_try_create_links(notifier, sd);
+	if (ret) {
+		v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* Remove from the waiting list */
 	list_del(&asd->list);
 	sd->asd = asd;