diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
index fa1bf8b069fd..7cde60ea68a2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ static int submit_rx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, gfp_t memflags)
 
 	hw->rx_urb_skb = skb;
 
+	result = usb_urb_ep_type_check(&hw->rx_urb);
+	if (result) {
+	       netdev_warn(hw->wlandev->netdev, "invalid rx endpoint");
+	       goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	result = -ENOLINK;
 	if (!hw->wlandev->hwremoved &&
 	    !test_bit(WORK_RX_HALT, &hw->usb_flags)) {
@@ -354,6 +360,7 @@ static int submit_rx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, gfp_t memflags)
 		}
 	}
 
+cleanup:
 	/* Don't leak memory if anything should go wrong */
 	if (result != 0) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -388,6 +395,12 @@ static int submit_tx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, struct urb *tx_urb, gfp_t memflags)
 	struct net_device *netdev = hw->wlandev->netdev;
 	int result;
 
+	result = usb_urb_ep_type_check(&hw->tx_urb);
+	if (result) {
+	       netdev_warn(hw->wlandev->netdev, "invalid tx endpoint");
+	       goto done;
+	}
+
 	result = -ENOLINK;
 	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
 		if (!hw->wlandev->hwremoved &&
@@ -407,6 +420,7 @@ static int submit_tx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, struct urb *tx_urb, gfp_t memflags)
 		}
 	}
 
+done:
 	return result;
 }