diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
index 1891c28ca6a461f676b57815a45d23f06b126fcf..3ea4f12ecee210c51b9ce9bf7e3cd158eedda5a2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
@@ -2610,6 +2610,7 @@ static void smiapp_create_subdev(struct smiapp_sensor *sensor,
 
 	ssd->sd.internal_ops = &smiapp_internal_ops;
 	ssd->sd.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	ssd->sd.dev = &client->dev;
 	v4l2_set_subdevdata(&ssd->sd, client);
 }