diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
index 3adb16366e93..0e725a0f0abe 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static int i2c_hid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 					    ihid->hdesc.wReportDescRegister,
 					    rdesc, rsize);
 		if (ret) {
-			hid_err(hid, "reading report descriptor failed\n");
+			dev_err(&client->dev, "reading report descriptor failed\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}