diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout.c
index 4d29860d27b4..6f1b0c799e58 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap/omap_vout.c
@@ -1004,11 +1004,12 @@ static int omap_vout_open(struct file *file)
 	struct omap_vout_device *vout = NULL;
 
 	vout = video_drvdata(file);
-	v4l2_dbg(1, debug, &vout->vid_dev->v4l2_dev, "Entering %s\n", __func__);
 
 	if (vout == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	v4l2_dbg(1, debug, &vout->vid_dev->v4l2_dev, "Entering %s\n", __func__);
+
 	/* for now, we only support single open */
 	if (vout->opened)
 		return -EBUSY;