diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index ac201817a2dd..a481eaf39e88 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,7 @@ static struct hid_input *hidinput_allocate(struct hid_device *hid,
 	input_dev->dev.parent = &hid->dev;
 
 	hidinput->input = input_dev;
+	hidinput->application = application;
 	list_add_tail(&hidinput->list, &hid->inputs);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hidinput->reports);
@@ -1677,8 +1678,7 @@ static struct hid_input *hidinput_match_application(struct hid_report *report)
 	struct hid_input *hidinput;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(hidinput, &hid->inputs, list) {
-		if (hidinput->report &&
-		    hidinput->report->application == report->application)
+		if (hidinput->application == report->application)
 			return hidinput;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index 88da991ef256..da954f3f4da7 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -1697,6 +1697,9 @@ static int mt_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	 */
 	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_INPUT_PER_APP;
 
+	if (id->group != HID_GROUP_MULTITOUCH_WIN_8)
+		hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT;
+
 	timer_setup(&td->release_timer, mt_expired_timeout, 0);
 
 	ret = hid_parse(hdev);
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 834e6461a690..d44a78362942 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ struct hid_input {
 	const char *name;
 	bool registered;
 	struct list_head reports;	/* the list of reports */
+	unsigned int application;	/* application usage for this input */
 };
 
 enum hid_type {