diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 23a0c209744dc644849ee237702b6e42952624c9..c77a067217cc36db295ffe6b7c6dfe7f20df3397 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -96,10 +96,15 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(minor_rwsem);
 static int dvb_device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dvb_device *dvbdev;
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
+
+	if (minor >= MAX_DVB_MINORS)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 	down_read(&minor_rwsem);
-	dvbdev = dvb_minors[iminor(inode)];
+
+	dvbdev = dvb_minors[minor];
 
 	if (dvbdev && dvbdev->fops) {
 		int err = 0;
@@ -539,7 +544,10 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 	for (minor = 0; minor < MAX_DVB_MINORS; minor++)
 		if (dvb_minors[minor] == NULL)
 			break;
-	if (minor == MAX_DVB_MINORS) {
+#else
+	minor = nums2minor(adap->num, type, id);
+#endif
+	if (minor >= MAX_DVB_MINORS) {
 		if (new_node) {
 			list_del (&new_node->list_head);
 			kfree(dvbdevfops);
@@ -552,9 +560,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-#else
-	minor = nums2minor(adap->num, type, id);
-#endif
+
 	dvbdev->minor = minor;
 	dvb_minors[minor] = dvb_device_get(dvbdev);
 	up_write(&minor_rwsem);