diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index d3485f500c5e1785616c2302f4bf700c0b5dadbd..064728f67740748781aece3669423f24047647fc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -2057,6 +2057,7 @@ static struct video_device *em28xx_vdev_init(struct em28xx *dev,
 	vfd->dev = &dev->udev->dev;
 	vfd->release = video_device_release;
 	vfd->type = type;
+	vfd->debug = video_debug;
 
 	snprintf(vfd->name, sizeof(vfd->name), "%s %s",
 		 dev->name, type_name);