diff --git a/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c b/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
index 7e86faf12f5b5fb54e250d4906a9c780f2a93395..ed70229b0276a8b9e96772171c3d57f42b27f7db 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
@@ -3937,6 +3937,8 @@ static void sd_stop0(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev)
 {
 	struct sd *sd = (struct sd *) gspca_dev;
 
+	if (!sd->gspca_dev.present)
+		return;
 	if (sd->bridge == BRIDGE_W9968CF)
 		w9968cf_stop0(sd);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/gspca/w996Xcf.c b/drivers/media/video/gspca/w996Xcf.c
index 4066ac8c45a0fc76acb7fc7b944979be5bad4d14..b5a93e3795706b5801f4dae05e96fe0c71283342 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/gspca/w996Xcf.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/gspca/w996Xcf.c
@@ -549,10 +549,8 @@ static int w9968cf_mode_init_regs(struct sd *sd)
 
 static void w9968cf_stop0(struct sd *sd)
 {
-	if (sd->gspca_dev.present) {
-		reg_w(sd, 0x39, 0x0000); /* disable JPEG encoder */
-		reg_w(sd, 0x16, 0x0000); /* stop video capture */
-	}
+	reg_w(sd, 0x39, 0x0000); /* disable JPEG encoder */
+	reg_w(sd, 0x16, 0x0000); /* stop video capture */
 }
 
 /* The w9968cf docs say that a 0 sized packet means EOF (and also SOF