diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
index 3de7c7e4402de7f461c1eb4a41bde553f9062ada..59cb54aa2946e24cf29ae08846684d20c896642d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@ static int videobuf_dvb_register_frontend(struct dvb_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 
 	/* register network adapter */
-	dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx);
-	if (dvb->net.dvbdev == NULL) {
-		result = -ENOMEM;
+	result = dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx);
+	if (result < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: dvb_net_init failed (errno = %d)\n",
+		       dvb->name, result);
 		goto fail_fe_conn;
 	}
 	return 0;