struct _am7xxx_device {
        libusb_device_handle *usb_device;
        uint8_t buffer[AM7XXX_HEADER_WIRE_SIZE];
+       am7xxx_device_info *device_info;
        am7xxx_context *ctx;
        am7xxx_device *next;
 };
        while (current) {
                am7xxx_device *next = current->next;
                am7xxx_close_device(current);
+               free(current->device_info);
                free(current);
                current = next;
        }
                },
        };
 
+       if (dev->device_info) {
+               memcpy(device_info, dev->device_info, sizeof(*device_info));
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        ret = send_header(dev, &h);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
                return -ENOTSUP;
        }
 
-       device_info->native_width = h.header_data.devinfo.native_width;
-       device_info->native_height = h.header_data.devinfo.native_height;
+       dev->device_info = malloc(sizeof(*dev->device_info));
+       if (dev->device_info == NULL) {
+               error(dev->ctx, "cannot allocate a device info (%s)\n",
+                      strerror(errno));
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+       memset(dev->device_info, 0, sizeof(*dev->device_info));
+
+       dev->device_info->native_width = h.header_data.devinfo.native_width;
+       dev->device_info->native_height = h.header_data.devinfo.native_height;
 #if 0
        /* No reason to expose these in the public API until we know what they mean */
-       device_info->unknown0 = h.header_data.devinfo.unknown0;
-       device_info->unknown1 = h.header_data.devinfo.unknown1;
+       dev->device_info->unknown0 = h.header_data.devinfo.unknown0;
+       dev->device_info->unknown1 = h.header_data.devinfo.unknown1;
 #endif
 
        return 0;