diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c
index 7bcb28cdbabe2d3006171f709b2e6a1763585a7f..d775be0173eaff3d2276bfb1f36b052843af8c87 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c
@@ -353,12 +353,6 @@ static int as102_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	ENTER();
 
-	as102_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct as102_dev_t), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (as102_dev == NULL) {
-		err("%s: kzalloc failed", __func__);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	/* This should never actually happen */
 	if ((sizeof(as102_usb_id_table) / sizeof(struct usb_device_id)) !=
 	    (sizeof(as102_device_names) / sizeof(const char *))) {
@@ -366,6 +360,12 @@ static int as102_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	as102_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct as102_dev_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (as102_dev == NULL) {
+		err("%s: kzalloc failed", __func__);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/* Assign the user-friendly device name */
 	for (i = 0; i < (sizeof(as102_usb_id_table) /
 			 sizeof(struct usb_device_id)); i++) {