diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index ba1c3644..de8220c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1373,8 +1373,10 @@
 	if ((connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDRAW) && !hidraw_connect(hdev))
 		hdev->claimed |= HID_CLAIMED_HIDRAW;
 
-	if (!hdev->claimed) {
-		hid_err(hdev, "claimed by neither input, hiddev nor hidraw\n");
+	/* Drivers with the ->raw_event callback set are not required to connect
+	 * to any other listener. */
+	if (!hdev->claimed && !hdev->driver->raw_event) {
+		hid_err(hdev, "device has no listeners, quitting\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}