1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-emsff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-emsff.c
index 7cd5651872d3..c34f2e5a049f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-emsff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-emsff.c
@@ -47,13 +47,19 @@ static int emsff_init(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
         struct emsff_device *emsff;
         struct hid_report *report;
-        struct hid_input *hidinput = list_first_entry(&hid->inputs,
-                                                struct hid_input, list);
+        struct hid_input *hidinput;
         struct list_head *report_list =
                         &hid->report_enum[HID_OUTPUT_REPORT].report_list;
-        struct input_dev *dev = hidinput->input;
+        struct input_dev *dev;
         int error;
 
+        if (list_empty(&hid->inputs)) {
+                hid_err(hid, "no inputs found\n");
+                return -ENODEV;
+        }
+        hidinput = list_first_entry(&hid->inputs, struct hid_input, list);
+        dev = hidinput->input;
+
         if (list_empty(report_list)) {
                 hid_err(hid, "no output reports found\n");
                 return -ENODEV;