diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 1ecc7782df68..b924980b5783 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ static int hid_add_field(struct hid_parser *parser, unsigned report_type, unsign
 
 static u32 item_udata(struct hid_item *item)
 {
+	if (item->format != HID_ITEM_FORMAT_SHORT)
+		return 0;
+
 	switch (item->size) {
 	case 1: return item->data.u8;
 	case 2: return item->data.u16;
@@ -354,6 +357,9 @@ static u32 item_udata(struct hid_item *item)
 
 static s32 item_sdata(struct hid_item *item)
 {
+	if (item->format != HID_ITEM_FORMAT_SHORT)
+		return 0;
+
 	switch (item->size) {
 	case 1: return item->data.s8;
 	case 2: return item->data.s16;