diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index a905d79381da..7c375b6dd318 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -2021,6 +2021,21 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 			le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idVendor),
 			le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idProduct));
 
+	/* Initialize the media device. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
+	dev->mdev.dev = &intf->dev;
+	strscpy(dev->mdev.model, dev->name, sizeof(dev->mdev.model));
+	if (udev->serial)
+		strscpy(dev->mdev.serial, udev->serial,
+			sizeof(dev->mdev.serial));
+	usb_make_path(udev, dev->mdev.bus_info, sizeof(dev->mdev.bus_info));
+	dev->mdev.hw_revision = le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.bcdDevice);
+	dev->mdev.driver_version = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
+	media_device_init(&dev->mdev);
+
+	dev->vdev.mdev = &dev->mdev;
+#endif
+
 	/* Parse the Video Class control descriptor. */
 	if (uvc_parse_control(dev) < 0) {
 		uvc_trace(UVC_TRACE_PROBE, "Unable to parse UVC "
@@ -2041,20 +2056,7 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 			"linux-uvc-devel mailing list.\n");
 	}
 
-	/* Initialize the media device and register the V4L2 device. */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
-	dev->mdev.dev = &intf->dev;
-	strlcpy(dev->mdev.model, dev->name, sizeof(dev->mdev.model));
-	if (udev->serial)
-		strlcpy(dev->mdev.serial, udev->serial,
-			sizeof(dev->mdev.serial));
-	strcpy(dev->mdev.bus_info, udev->devpath);
-	dev->mdev.hw_revision = le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.bcdDevice);
-	dev->mdev.driver_version = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
-	media_device_init(&dev->mdev);
-
-	dev->vdev.mdev = &dev->mdev;
-#endif
+	/* Register the V4L2 device. */
 	if (v4l2_device_register(&intf->dev, &dev->vdev) < 0)
 		goto error;