diff --git a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
index c739725ca7ee..367b8e77feb8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-main.c
@@ -1104,9 +1104,7 @@ static int smsdvb_hotplug(struct smscore_device_t *coredev,
 		pr_err("dvb_register_adapter() failed %d\n", rc);
 		goto adapter_error;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER_DVB
-	client->adapter.mdev = coredev->media_dev;
-#endif
+	dvb_register_media_controller(&client->adapter, coredev->media_dev);
 
 	/* init dvb demux */
 	client->demux.dmx.capabilities = DMX_TS_FILTERING;
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.h b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
index 556c9e9d1d4e..12629b8ecb0c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.h
@@ -125,8 +125,15 @@ extern void dvb_unregister_device (struct dvb_device *dvbdev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER_DVB
 void dvb_create_media_graph(struct dvb_adapter *adap);
+static inline void dvb_register_media_controller(struct dvb_adapter *adap,
+						 struct media_device *mdev)
+{
+	adap->mdev = mdev;
+}
+
 #else
 static inline void dvb_create_media_graph(struct dvb_adapter *adap) {}
+#define dvb_register_media_controller(a, b) {}
 #endif
 
 extern int dvb_generic_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-dvb.c b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-dvb.c
index 8bf2baae387f..ff39bf22442d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-dvb.c
@@ -465,9 +465,7 @@ static int register_dvb(struct cx231xx_dvb *dvb,
 		       dev->name, result);
 		goto fail_adapter;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER_DVB
-	dvb->adapter.mdev = dev->media_dev;
-#endif
+	dvb_register_media_controller(&dvb->adapter, dev->media_dev);
 
 	/* Ensure all frontends negotiate bus access */
 	dvb->frontend->ops.ts_bus_ctrl = cx231xx_dvb_bus_ctrl;
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c
index 8bd08ba4f869..f5df9eaba04f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void dvb_usbv2_media_device_register(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	adap->dvb_adap.mdev = mdev;
+	dvb_register_media_controller(&adap->dvb_adap, mdev);
 
 	dev_info(&d->udev->dev, "media controller created\n");
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dvb.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dvb.c
index 980d976960d9..7b7b834777b7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dvb.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void dvb_usb_media_device_register(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
 		kfree(mdev);
 		return;
 	}
-	adap->dvb_adap.mdev = mdev;
+	dvb_register_media_controller(&adap->dvb_adap, mdev);
 
 	dev_info(&d->udev->dev, "media controller created\n");
 #endif