/* No struct video_device, but can have buffers allocated */
                if (type == CX18_ENC_STREAM_TYPE_IDX) {
+                       /* If the module params didn't inhibit IDX ... */
                        if (cx->stream_buffers[type] != 0) {
                                cx->stream_buffers[type] = 0;
-                               cx18_stream_free(&cx->streams[type]);
+                               /*
+                                * Before calling cx18_stream_free(),
+                                * check if the IDX stream was actually set up.
+                                * Needed, since the cx18_probe() error path
+                                * exits through here as well as normal clean up
+                                */
+                               if (cx->streams[type].buffers != 0)
+                                       cx18_stream_free(&cx->streams[type]);
                        }
                        continue;
                }