diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_sdio.c
index 0c6a3eb00e84541a28c1a3dc80e545c0be2ff0b9..9d2de6ff79030d7cb373b5d970af34decc77bf3d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_sdio.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ static int gdm_sdio_send(void *priv_dev, void *data, int len,
 	u16 cmd_evt;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	BUG_ON(len > TX_BUF_SIZE - TYPE_A_HEADER_SIZE);
+	if (len > TX_BUF_SIZE - TYPE_A_HEADER_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tx->lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
index cd8e6e483e70ca9f4bfd91611d936810790f7a0a..971976cd8d0cac95be2571546675093120a8b6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_usb.c
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ static int gdm_usb_send(void *priv_dev, void *data, int len,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(len > TX_BUF_SIZE - padding - 1);
+	if (len > TX_BUF_SIZE - padding - 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tx->lock, flags);