diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 9b2b41d683de..8c61a35c160d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device)
 	__u8 *start;
 	__u8 *buf;
 	__u8 *end;
+	__u8 *next;
 	int ret;
 	static int (*dispatch_type[])(struct hid_parser *parser,
 				      struct hid_item *item) = {
@@ -1012,7 +1013,8 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device)
 	device->collection_size = HID_DEFAULT_NUM_COLLECTIONS;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	while ((start = fetch_item(start, end, &item)) != NULL) {
+	while ((next = fetch_item(start, end, &item)) != NULL) {
+		start = next;
 
 		if (item.format != HID_ITEM_FORMAT_SHORT) {
 			hid_err(device, "unexpected long global item\n");
@@ -1041,7 +1043,8 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device)
 		}
 	}
 
-	hid_err(device, "item fetching failed at offset %d\n", (int)(end - start));
+	hid_err(device, "item fetching failed at offset %u/%u\n",
+		size - (unsigned int)(end - start), size);
 err:
 	vfree(parser);
 	hid_close_report(device);