diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 3ac83583ad7a..017fed8ad2ab 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -510,12 +510,10 @@ struct v4l2_m2m_dev *v4l2_m2m_init(struct v4l2_m2m_ops *m2m_ops)
 {
 	struct v4l2_m2m_dev *m2m_dev;
 
-	if (!m2m_ops)
+	if (!m2m_ops || WARN_ON(!m2m_ops->device_run) ||
+			WARN_ON(!m2m_ops->job_abort))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	BUG_ON(!m2m_ops->device_run);
-	BUG_ON(!m2m_ops->job_abort);
-
 	m2m_dev = kzalloc(sizeof *m2m_dev, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!m2m_dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);