diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
index 4ba6bcdaa8e9..45f98aa12895 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
@@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ static int vhci_urb_dequeue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb, int status)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void vhci_device_unlink_cleanup(struct vhci_device *vdev)
+static void __vhci_cleanup_unlink_list(struct vhci_device *vdev,
+		struct list_head *unlink_list)
 {
 	struct vhci_hcd *vhci_hcd = vdev_to_vhci_hcd(vdev);
 	struct usb_hcd *hcd = vhci_hcd_to_hcd(vhci_hcd);
@@ -953,23 +954,25 @@ static void vhci_device_unlink_cleanup(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 	struct vhci_unlink *unlink, *tmp;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (unlink_list != &vdev->unlink_tx
+			&& unlink_list != &vdev->unlink_rx) {
+		pr_err("Invalid list passed to __vhci_cleanup_unlink_list\n");
+		BUG();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vhci->lock, flags);
 	spin_lock(&vdev->priv_lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(unlink, tmp, &vdev->unlink_tx, list) {
-		pr_info("unlink cleanup tx %lu\n", unlink->unlink_seqnum);
-		list_del(&unlink->list);
-		kfree(unlink);
-	}
-
-	while (!list_empty(&vdev->unlink_rx)) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(unlink, tmp, unlink_list, list) {
 		struct urb *urb;
 
-		unlink = list_first_entry(&vdev->unlink_rx, struct vhci_unlink,
-			list);
-
-		/* give back URB of unanswered unlink request */
-		pr_info("unlink cleanup rx %lu\n", unlink->unlink_seqnum);
+		if (unlink_list == &vdev->unlink_tx)
+			pr_info("unlink cleanup tx %lu\n",
+					unlink->unlink_seqnum);
+		else
+			pr_info("unlink cleanup rx %lu\n",
+					unlink->unlink_seqnum);
 
 		urb = pickup_urb_and_free_priv(vdev, unlink->unlink_seqnum);
 		if (!urb) {
@@ -1001,6 +1004,24 @@ static void vhci_device_unlink_cleanup(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vhci->lock, flags);
 }
 
+static inline void vhci_cleanup_unlink_tx(struct vhci_device *vdev)
+{
+	__vhci_cleanup_unlink_list(vdev, &vdev->unlink_tx);
+}
+
+static inline void vhci_cleanup_unlink_rx(struct vhci_device *vdev)
+{
+	__vhci_cleanup_unlink_list(vdev, &vdev->unlink_rx);
+}
+
+static void vhci_device_unlink_cleanup(struct vhci_device *vdev)
+{
+	/* give back URBs of unsent unlink requests */
+	vhci_cleanup_unlink_tx(vdev);
+	/* give back URBs of unanswered unlink requests */
+	vhci_cleanup_unlink_rx(vdev);
+}
+
 /*
  * The important thing is that only one context begins cleanup.
  * This is why error handling and cleanup become simple.