diff --git a/panda/src/device/linuxInputDeviceManager.cxx b/panda/src/device/linuxInputDeviceManager.cxx
index 8eed3e1cc3..7b9b9fdf6f 100644
--- a/panda/src/device/linuxInputDeviceManager.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/device/linuxInputDeviceManager.cxx
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ LinuxInputDeviceManager() {
 
     // We'll want to sort the devices by index, since the order may be
     // meaningful (eg. for the Xbox wireless receiver).
+    if (indices.empty()) {
+      return;
+    }
     std::sort(indices.begin(), indices.end());
     _evdev_devices.resize(indices.back() + 1, nullptr);