diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index b5aaaac427add9180221b4bd19fe88133e6bc212..0a30dbf3d05c8c1c26086df64ac8382118643d84 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -872,8 +872,8 @@ int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
 
 	/* Should not happen since we thought this minor was free */
 	WARN_ON(video_device[vdev->minor] != NULL);
-	video_device[vdev->minor] = vdev;
 	vdev->index = get_index(vdev);
+	video_device[vdev->minor] = vdev;
 	mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
 
 	if (vdev->ioctl_ops)