diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
index 38b8bab7e6aa..518868388d65 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static int ov2640_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		goto err_clk;
 
 	v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&priv->subdev, client, &ov2640_subdev_ops);
-	priv->subdev.flags = V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
+	priv->subdev.flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_init(&priv->hdl, 2);
 	v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&priv->hdl, &ov2640_ctrl_ops,
 			V4L2_CID_VFLIP, 0, 1, 1, 0);