diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index c908c5f83645..9ddafc30f432 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -669,6 +669,9 @@ static long evdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 		if ((_IOC_NR(cmd) & ~ABS_MAX) == _IOC_NR(EVIOCGABS(0))) {
 
+			if (!dev->absinfo)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
 			t = _IOC_NR(cmd) & ABS_MAX;
 			abs = dev->absinfo[t];
 
@@ -680,10 +683,13 @@ static long evdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) == _IOC_READ) {
+	if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) == _IOC_WRITE) {
 
 		if ((_IOC_NR(cmd) & ~ABS_MAX) == _IOC_NR(EVIOCSABS(0))) {
 
+			if (!dev->absinfo)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
 			t = _IOC_NR(cmd) & ABS_MAX;
 
 			if (copy_from_user(&abs, p, min_t(size_t,