diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index 88b9703318e4..cc738ebf93ac 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ static int asus_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 		 * All functionality is on a single HID interface and for
 		 * userspace the touchpad must be a separate input_dev.
 		 */
-		hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT |
-				HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT;
+		hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT;
 		drvdata->tp = &asus_t100chi_tp;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index 04d01b57d94c..b237b5590227 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -1656,16 +1656,16 @@ int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force)
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(hidinput, next, &hid->inputs, list) {
-		if ((hid->quirks & HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT) &&
-		    !hidinput_has_been_populated(hidinput)) {
+		if (drv->input_configured &&
+		    drv->input_configured(hid, hidinput))
+			goto out_unwind;
+
+		if (!hidinput_has_been_populated(hidinput)) {
 			/* no need to register an input device not populated */
 			hidinput_cleanup_hidinput(hid, hidinput);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (drv->input_configured &&
-		    drv->input_configured(hid, hidinput))
-			goto out_unwind;
 		if (input_register_device(hidinput->input))
 			goto out_unwind;
 		hidinput->registered = true;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index bc724e6b75c9..c4d89830cd1f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,6 @@ static int mt_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	 * device.
 	 */
 	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT;
-	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT;
 
 	/*
 	 * Some multitouch screens do not like to be polled for input
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.c
index e3e6e5c893cc..56b196d60041 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.c
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ static int uclogic_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	 * than the pen, so use QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT for all tablets.
 	 */
 	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT;
-	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT;
 
 	/* Allocate and assign driver data */
 	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index bc92005e5f08..b0db16fa7093 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ struct hid_item {
 #define HID_QUIRK_BADPAD			BIT(5)
 #define HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT			BIT(6)
 #define HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE		BIT(7)
-#define HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT		BIT(8)
+/* BIT(8) reserved for backward compatibility, was HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT */
 /* BIT(9) reserved for backward compatibility, was NO_INIT_INPUT_REPORTS */
 #define HID_QUIRK_ALWAYS_POLL			BIT(10)
 #define HID_QUIRK_SKIP_OUTPUT_REPORTS		BIT(16)