1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/xkb/xkbInit.c b/xkb/xkbInit.c
index 1f5f8dc49..2e7561294 100644
--- a/xkb/xkbInit.c
+++ b/xkb/xkbInit.c
@@ -474,10 +474,18 @@ InitKeyboardDeviceStruct(DeviceIntPtr dev, XkbRMLVOSet *rmlvo,
     XkbSrvLedInfoPtr sli;
     XkbChangesRec changes;
     XkbEventCauseRec cause;
+    XkbRMLVOSet rmlvo_dflts = { NULL };
 
-    if (dev->key || dev->kbdfeed || !rmlvo)
+    if (dev->key || dev->kbdfeed)
 	return False;
 
+    if (!rmlvo)
+    {
+        rmlvo = &rmlvo_dflts;
+        XkbGetRulesDflts(rmlvo);
+    }
+
+
     memset(&changes, 0, sizeof(changes));
     XkbSetCauseUnknown(&cause);