diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index 351ddd297792..4ee771642090 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -357,8 +357,19 @@ static void mt_feature_mapping(struct hid_device *hdev,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		td->inputmode = field->report->id;
-		td->inputmode_index = usage->usage_index;
+		if (td->inputmode < 0) {
+			td->inputmode = field->report->id;
+			td->inputmode_index = usage->usage_index;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Some elan panels wrongly declare 2 input mode
+			 * features, and silently ignore when we set the
+			 * value in the second field. Skip the second feature
+			 * and hope for the best.
+			 */
+			dev_info(&hdev->dev,
+				 "Ignoring the extra HID_DG_INPUTMODE\n");
+		}
 
 		break;
 	case HID_DG_CONTACTMAX: