diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index b7b3f5b0d40654c3c50b18ae56c969c03382c71c..ca6fd80c2b40ed79f1ace340b4cc0c274660a356 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static int init_status (struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 		} else {
 			usb_fill_int_urb(dev->interrupt, dev->udev, pipe,
 				buf, maxp, intr_complete, dev, period);
+			dev->interrupt->transfer_flags |= URB_FREE_BUFFER;
 			dev_dbg(&intf->dev,
 				"status ep%din, %d bytes period %d\n",
 				usb_pipeendpoint(pipe), maxp, period);