diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c b/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c
index 0fdc2e0950b7..a1db99a64bef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ static void smsusb_onresponse(struct urb *urb)
 			urb->status, urb->actual_length);
 		return;
 	}
+	if (urb->status == -EPROTO) {
+		pr_err("error, urb status %d (-EPROTO), %d bytes\n",
+			urb->status, urb->actual_length);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if ((urb->actual_length > 0) && (urb->status == 0)) {
 		struct sms_msg_hdr *phdr = (struct sms_msg_hdr *)surb->cb->p;