1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c b/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c
index 78dd163cd702..03f9e7ed0304 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static int sw_connect(struct gameport *gameport, struct gameport_driver *drv)
                 sprintf(sw->name, "Microsoft SideWinder %s", sw_name[sw->type]);
                 sprintf(sw->phys[i], "%s/input%d", gameport->phys, i);
 
-                input_dev = input_allocate_device();
+                sw->dev[i] = input_dev = input_allocate_device();
                 if (!input_dev) {
                         err = -ENOMEM;
                         goto fail3;