diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 956f849..f869ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,12 @@
 	if ((connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT) && !hidinput_connect(hdev,
 				connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT_FORCE))
 		hdev->claimed |= HID_CLAIMED_INPUT;
+	if (hdev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_MULTITOUCH) {
+		/* this device should be handled by hid-multitouch, skip it */
+		hdev->quirks &= ~HID_QUIRK_MULTITOUCH;
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if ((connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV) && hdev->hiddev_connect &&
 			!hdev->hiddev_connect(hdev,
 				connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV_FORCE))