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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 3af72e3bbd65..a1c61d6f3b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev,
/* the v4l2_dev pointer MUST be present */
if (WARN_ON(!vdev->v4l2_dev))
return -EINVAL;
- /* the device_caps field MUST be set */
- if (WARN_ON(!vdev->device_caps))
+ /* the device_caps field MUST be set for all but subdevs */
+ if (WARN_ON(type != VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV && !vdev->device_caps))
return -EINVAL;
/* v4l2_fh support */