diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_tx.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_tx.c
index 32e6fabccf72..c3aacbb6939f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_tx.c
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
 static void setup_cmd_submit_pdu(struct usbip_header *pdup,  struct urb *urb)
 {
 	struct vhci_priv *priv = ((struct vhci_priv *)urb->hcpriv);
-	struct vhci_device *vdev = priv->vdev;
+	struct vhci_device *vdev;
+
+	if (!priv)
+		return;
+
+	vdev = priv->vdev;
 
 	usbip_dbg_vhci_tx("URB, local devnum %u, remote devid %u\n",
 			  usb_pipedevice(urb->pipe), vdev->devid);
@@ -68,7 +73,9 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 		int ret;
 		struct urb *urb = priv->urb;
 		struct usbip_header pdu_header;
+		unsigned long flags;
 
+		usb_get_urb(urb);
 		txsize = 0;
 		memset(&pdu_header, 0, sizeof(pdu_header));
 		memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
@@ -85,6 +92,7 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 		iov = kzalloc_objs(*iov, iovnum);
 		if (!iov) {
 			usbip_event_add(&vdev->ud, SDEV_EVENT_ERROR_MALLOC);
+			usb_put_urb(urb);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
@@ -92,7 +100,14 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 			urb->transfer_flags |= URB_DMA_MAP_SG;
 
 		/* 1. setup usbip_header */
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&vdev->priv_lock, flags);
+		if (!urb->hcpriv) {
+			usb_put_urb(urb);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vdev->priv_lock, flags);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 		setup_cmd_submit_pdu(&pdu_header, urb);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vdev->priv_lock, flags);
 		usbip_header_correct_endian(&pdu_header, 1);
 		iovnum = 0;
 
@@ -127,6 +142,7 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 			if (!iso_buffer) {
 				usbip_event_add(&vdev->ud,
 						SDEV_EVENT_ERROR_MALLOC);
+				usb_put_urb(urb);
 				goto err_iso_buffer;
 			}
 
@@ -143,6 +159,7 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 			       txsize);
 			usbip_event_add(&vdev->ud, VDEV_EVENT_ERROR_TCP);
 			err = -EPIPE;
+			usb_put_urb(urb);
 			goto err_tx;
 		}
 
@@ -154,6 +171,7 @@ static int vhci_send_cmd_submit(struct vhci_device *vdev)
 		usbip_dbg_vhci_tx("send txdata\n");
 
 		total_size += txsize;
+		usb_put_urb(urb);
 	}
 
 	return total_size;