diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
index d1649119211277275840a1bee984ed93de28c025..29f328f411fb5454e03d46406c880fc9a5de0516 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ static int steelseries_srws1_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
+	if (!hid_validate_values(hdev, HID_OUTPUT_REPORT, 0, 0, 16)) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_free;
+	}
+
 	ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
 	if (ret) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "hw start failed\n");