diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c
index e8c5e3ac9fff1..e8b16665860d6 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ static int bigben_probe(struct hid_device *hid,
 	}
 
 	report_list = &hid->report_enum[HID_OUTPUT_REPORT].report_list;
+	if (list_empty(report_list)) {
+		hid_err(hid, "no output report found\n");
+		error = -ENODEV;
+		goto error_hw_stop;
+	}
 	bigben->report = list_entry(report_list->next,
 		struct hid_report, list);