diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 6062dc27870e..d0c8aec1b8da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1755,6 +1755,10 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 	if (!dev->rx_urb_size)
 		dev->rx_urb_size = dev->hard_mtu;
 	dev->maxpacket = usb_maxpacket (dev->udev, dev->out, 1);
+	if (dev->maxpacket == 0) {
+		/* that is a broken device */
+		goto out4;
+	}
 
 	/* let userspace know we have a random address */
 	if (ether_addr_equal(net->dev_addr, node_id))