diff --git a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
index b1a2c74f6..7c1fdcf45 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
@@ -224,16 +224,20 @@ static void v4l2_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
  */
 static void v4l2_device_list(obs_property_t *prop, obs_data_t *settings)
 {
-	UNUSED_PARAMETER(settings);
-
 	DIR *dirp;
 	struct dirent *dp;
 	struct dstr device;
+	bool cur_device_found;
+	size_t cur_device_index;
+	const char *cur_device_name;
 
 	dirp = opendir("/sys/class/video4linux");
 	if (!dirp)
 		return;
 
+	cur_device_found = false;
+	cur_device_name  = obs_data_get_string(settings, "device_id");
+
 	obs_property_list_clear(prop);
 
 	dstr_init_copy(&device, "/dev/");
@@ -277,9 +281,20 @@ static void v4l2_device_list(obs_property_t *prop, obs_data_t *settings)
 		blog(LOG_INFO, "Found device '%s' at %s", video_cap.card,
 				device.array);
 
+		/* check if this is the currently used device */
+		if (cur_device_name && !strcmp(cur_device_name, device.array))
+			cur_device_found = true;
+
 		v4l2_close(fd);
 	}
 
+	/* add currently selected device if not present, but disable it ... */
+	if (!cur_device_found && cur_device_name && strlen(cur_device_name)) {
+		cur_device_index = obs_property_list_add_string(prop,
+				cur_device_name, cur_device_name);
+		obs_property_list_item_disable(prop, cur_device_index, true);
+	}
+
 	closedir(dirp);
 	dstr_free(&device);
 }
@@ -566,9 +581,9 @@ static void device_removed(const char *dev, void *vptr)
 
 #endif
 
-static obs_properties_t *v4l2_properties(void *unused)
+static obs_properties_t *v4l2_properties(void *vptr)
 {
-	UNUSED_PARAMETER(unused);
+	V4L2_DATA(vptr);
 
 	obs_properties_t *props = obs_properties_create();
 
@@ -595,12 +610,16 @@ static obs_properties_t *v4l2_properties(void *unused)
 	obs_properties_add_bool(props,
 			"system_timing", obs_module_text("UseSystemTiming"));
 
-	v4l2_device_list(device_list, NULL);
+	obs_data_t *settings = obs_source_get_settings(data->source);
+	v4l2_device_list(device_list, settings);
+	obs_data_release(settings);
+
 	obs_property_set_modified_callback(device_list, device_selected);
 	obs_property_set_modified_callback(input_list, input_selected);
 	obs_property_set_modified_callback(format_list, format_selected);
 	obs_property_set_modified_callback(resolution_list,
 			resolution_selected);
+
 	return props;
 }