1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
index 6e705a2afdf8..88af23a93870 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void cx88_call_i2c_clients(struct cx88_core *core, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
         if (0 != core->i2c_rc)
                 return;
 
-        if (core->dvbdev) {
+        if ( (core->dvbdev) && (core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend) ) {
                 if (core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl)
                         core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend->ops.i2c_gate_ctrl(core->dvbdev->dvb.frontend, 1);