diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c
index 35fde4e931f5..e9912db3b496 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.c
@@ -1142,24 +1142,6 @@ static long cx18_default(struct file *file, void *fh, bool valid_prio,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-long cx18_v4l2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
-		    unsigned long arg)
-{
-	struct video_device *vfd = video_devdata(filp);
-	struct cx18_open_id *id = file2id(filp);
-	struct cx18 *cx = id->cx;
-	long res;
-
-	mutex_lock(&cx->serialize_lock);
-
-	if (cx18_debug & CX18_DBGFLG_IOCTL)
-		vfd->debug = V4L2_DEBUG_IOCTL | V4L2_DEBUG_IOCTL_ARG;
-	res = video_ioctl2(filp, cmd, arg);
-	vfd->debug = 0;
-	mutex_unlock(&cx->serialize_lock);
-	return res;
-}
-
 static const struct v4l2_ioctl_ops cx18_ioctl_ops = {
 	.vidioc_querycap                = cx18_querycap,
 	.vidioc_s_audio                 = cx18_s_audio,
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.h b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.h
index dcb2559ad520..2f9dd591ee0f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-ioctl.h
@@ -29,5 +29,3 @@ void cx18_set_funcs(struct video_device *vdev);
 int cx18_s_std(struct file *file, void *fh, v4l2_std_id *std);
 int cx18_s_frequency(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_frequency *vf);
 int cx18_s_input(struct file *file, void *fh, unsigned int inp);
-long cx18_v4l2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
-		    unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
index 4185bcb80ca3..9d598ab88615 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ static struct v4l2_file_operations cx18_v4l2_enc_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.read = cx18_v4l2_read,
 	.open = cx18_v4l2_open,
-	/* FIXME change to video_ioctl2 if serialization lock can be removed */
-	.unlocked_ioctl = cx18_v4l2_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = video_ioctl2,
 	.release = cx18_v4l2_close,
 	.poll = cx18_v4l2_enc_poll,
 	.mmap = cx18_v4l2_mmap,
@@ -376,6 +375,7 @@ static int cx18_prep_dev(struct cx18 *cx, int type)
 	s->video_dev->fops = &cx18_v4l2_enc_fops;
 	s->video_dev->release = video_device_release;
 	s->video_dev->tvnorms = V4L2_STD_ALL;
+	s->video_dev->lock = &cx->serialize_lock;
 	set_bit(V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO, &s->video_dev->flags);
 	cx18_set_funcs(s->video_dev);
 	return 0;