diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c b/drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c
index 0fdc2e0950b7..43eea51b60d5 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;
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ static int smsusb_submit_urb(struct smsusb_device_t *dev,
 		smsusb_onresponse,
 		surb
 	);
-	surb->urb->transfer_flags |= URB_FREE_BUFFER;
+	// surb->urb->transfer_flags |= URB_FREE_BUFFER;
 
 	return usb_submit_urb(surb->urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }