diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_entity.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_entity.c
index 554063c07d7a2c4ebb876e2dfa42051f7b20e385..7233b00eb756d330828003f69a1694b23c0c2e35 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_entity.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int uvc_mc_create_links(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
 			continue;
 
 		remote = uvc_entity_by_id(chain->dev, entity->baSourceID[i]);
-		if (remote == NULL)
+		if (remote == NULL || remote->num_pads == 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		source = (UVC_ENTITY_TYPE(remote) == UVC_TT_STREAMING)