diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 29b86d7448dc79bffb0dc646dda6c698ee5e7571..371537dd8cd345cb075814b427aa77cdc959dca5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -2464,16 +2464,15 @@ struct v4l2_ctrl *v4l2_ctrl_new_custom(struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *hdl,
 		v4l2_ctrl_fill(cfg->id, &name, &type, &min, &max, &step,
 								&def, &flags);
 
-	is_menu = (cfg->type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU ||
-		   cfg->type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU);
+	is_menu = (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU ||
+		   type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU);
 	if (is_menu)
 		WARN_ON(step);
 	else
 		WARN_ON(cfg->menu_skip_mask);
-	if (cfg->type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU && qmenu == NULL)
+	if (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU && !qmenu) {
 		qmenu = v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(cfg->id);
-	else if (cfg->type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU &&
-		 qmenu_int == NULL) {
+	} else if (type == V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU && !qmenu_int) {
 		handler_set_err(hdl, -EINVAL);
 		return NULL;
 	}