diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
index b9cdd02c1000..2343c7955747 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
@@ -1649,8 +1649,9 @@ static int dlfb_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	const struct device_attribute *attr;
 	struct dlfb_data *dlfb;
 	struct fb_info *info;
-	int retval = -ENOMEM;
+	int retval;
 	struct usb_device *usbdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
+	struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *out;
 
 	/* usb initialization */
 	dlfb = kzalloc(sizeof(*dlfb), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1664,6 +1665,12 @@ static int dlfb_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	dlfb->udev = usb_get_dev(usbdev);
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, dlfb);
 
+	retval = usb_find_common_endpoints(intf->cur_altsetting, NULL, &out, NULL, NULL);
+	if (retval) {
+		dev_err(&intf->dev, "Device should have at lease 1 bulk endpoint!\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "console enable=%d\n", console);
 	dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "fb_defio enable=%d\n", fb_defio);
 	dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "shadow enable=%d\n", shadow);
@@ -1673,6 +1680,7 @@ static int dlfb_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (!dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor(dlfb, intf)) {
 		dev_err(&intf->dev,
 			"firmware not recognized, incompatible device?\n");
+		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -1686,8 +1694,10 @@ static int dlfb_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	/* allocates framebuffer driver structure, not framebuffer memory */
 	info = framebuffer_alloc(0, &dlfb->udev->dev);
-	if (!info)
+	if (!info) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
+	}
 
 	dlfb->info = info;
 	info->par = dlfb;