diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
index 0790fbd3fc9a..6a1f894b0e97 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-betopff.c
@@ -56,19 +56,20 @@ static int betopff_init(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
        struct betopff_device *betopff;
        struct hid_report *report;
-       struct hid_input *hidinput =
-                       list_first_entry(&hid->inputs, struct hid_input, list);
+       struct hid_input *hidinput;
        struct list_head *report_list =
                        &hid->report_enum[HID_OUTPUT_REPORT].report_list;
-       struct input_dev *dev = hidinput->input;
+       struct input_dev *dev;
        int field_count = 0;
        int error;
        int i, j;
 
-       if (list_empty(report_list)) {
+       if (list_empty(&hid->inputs)) {
                hid_err(hid, "no output reports found\n");
                return -ENODEV;
        }
+       hidinput = list_entry(hid->inputs.next, struct hid_input, list);
+       dev = hidinput->input;
 
        report = list_first_entry(report_list, struct hid_report, list);
        /*