diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/max2175.c b/drivers/media/i2c/max2175.c
index bf0e821a2b9334cb874f2bcd051dd26a25788f04..2f1966bdc47329ef1f897154b3824ea7866da35f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/max2175.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/max2175.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ static int max2175_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(sd, client, &max2175_ops);
 	ctx->client = client;
 
-	sd->flags = V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
+	sd->flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
 
 	/* Controls */
 	hdl = &ctx->ctrl_hdl;