diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c b/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
index 9f718f43282bc34137928c5ac976569cef60b1f8..640451134072bcd5f292a3fae5a2698b0e1fc91a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
@@ -2483,8 +2483,6 @@ static int allegro_open(struct file *file)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->buffers_reference);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->buffers_intermediate);
 
-	list_add(&channel->list, &dev->channels);
-
 	channel->fh.m2m_ctx = v4l2_m2m_ctx_init(dev->m2m_dev, channel,
 						allegro_queue_init);
 
@@ -2493,6 +2491,7 @@ static int allegro_open(struct file *file)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	list_add(&channel->list, &dev->channels);
 	file->private_data = &channel->fh;
 	v4l2_fh_add(&channel->fh);