diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
index d8ce7d75ff18..fcbabd2a4114 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static int usbtv_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 usbtv_audio_fail:
 	/* we must not free at this point */
-	usb_get_dev(usbtv->udev);
+	v4l2_device_get(&usbtv->v4l2_dev);
+	/* this will undo the v4l2_device_get() */
 	usbtv_video_free(usbtv);
 
 usbtv_video_fail: