diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
index fa1bf8b069fd..f032d5b0e985 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ static int submit_rx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, gfp_t memflags)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int result;
 
+	result = usb_urb_ep_type_check(&hw->rx_urb);
+	if (result) {
+	       netdev_warn(hw->wlandev->netdev, "invalid rx endpoint");
+	       goto done;
+	}
+
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(union hfa384x_usbin));
 	if (!skb) {
 		result = -ENOMEM;
@@ -388,6 +394,12 @@ 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 +419,7 @@ static int submit_tx_urb(struct hfa384x *hw, struct urb *tx_urb, gfp_t memflags)
 		}
 	}
 
+done:
 	return result;
 }