diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/tda1997x.c b/drivers/media/i2c/tda1997x.c
index 3021913c28fa..1c5b5f70866f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/tda1997x.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/tda1997x.c
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ static int tda1997x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	snprintf(sd->name, sizeof(sd->name), "%s %d-%04x",
 		 id->name, i2c_adapter_id(client->adapter),
 		 client->addr);
-	sd->flags = V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE | V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS;
+	sd->flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE | V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_EVENTS;
 	sd->entity.function = MEDIA_ENT_F_DTV_DECODER;
 	sd->entity.ops = &tda1997x_media_ops;