diff --git a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
index 89c8fe2997fa75730f9498dcb73dd8ccc1b717d3..46c7f78bb972ed2f4785a102d3402b8944565fcf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ static int vidioc_s_ctrl(struct file *file, void *priv,
 			 struct v4l2_control *ctl)
 {
 	struct cx25821_fh *fh = priv;
-	struct cx25821_dev *dev = fh->dev;
+	struct cx25821_dev *dev;
 	int err;
 
 	if (fh) {
+		dev = fh->dev;
 		err = v4l2_prio_check(&dev->prio, &fh->prio);
 		if (0 != err)
 			return err;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
index 6e710ae067ad0bd258d88d439fc5d0343619e7b3..8cd3986d2e5c3de059a94b9050ba00f426e65ab8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
@@ -963,10 +963,11 @@ int cx25821_set_freq(struct cx25821_dev *dev, struct v4l2_frequency *f)
 int vidioc_s_frequency(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_frequency *f)
 {
 	struct cx25821_fh *fh = priv;
-	struct cx25821_dev *dev = fh->dev;
+	struct cx25821_dev *dev;
 	int err;
 
 	if (fh) {
+		dev = fh->dev;
 		err = v4l2_prio_check(&dev->prio, &fh->prio);
 		if (0 != err)
 			return err;