diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
index 69cfc8dc6af1e..9b60efe6ec441 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
@@ -59,15 +59,22 @@ static int betopff_init(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
 	struct betopff_device *betopff;
 	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 field_count = 0;
 	int error;
 	int i, j;
 
+	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;