diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vim2m.c b/drivers/media/platform/vim2m.c
index 2d79cdc130c5..e17792f837f8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vim2m.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vim2m.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,7 @@ static int vim2m_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(dev->m2m_dev)) {
 		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "Failed to init mem2mem device\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dev->m2m_dev);
+		dev->m2m_dev = NULL;
 		goto error_dev;
 	}