diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 46ca2af5ef1c0509ae4419a8b56d32f2e4f9e604..38b8bce782d6d12cbcb01a8b83452948e48570f7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 				USBDEVFS_URB_ZERO_PACKET |
 				USBDEVFS_URB_NO_INTERRUPT))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!uurb->buffer)
+	if (uurb->buffer_length > 0 && !uurb->buffer)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(uurb->type == USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_CONTROL &&
 	    (uurb->endpoint & ~USB_ENDPOINT_DIR_MASK) == 0)) {
@@ -1051,11 +1051,6 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 			is_in = 0;
 			uurb->endpoint &= ~USB_DIR_IN;
 		}
-		if (!access_ok(is_in ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
-				uurb->buffer, uurb->buffer_length)) {
-			kfree(dr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
 		snoop(&ps->dev->dev, "control urb: bRequest=%02x "
 			"bRrequestType=%02x wValue=%04x "
 			"wIndex=%04x wLength=%04x\n",
@@ -1075,9 +1070,6 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 		uurb->number_of_packets = 0;
 		if (uurb->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!access_ok(is_in ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
-				uurb->buffer, uurb->buffer_length))
-			return -EFAULT;
 		snoop(&ps->dev->dev, "bulk urb\n");
 		break;
 
@@ -1119,28 +1111,35 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (uurb->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!access_ok(is_in ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
-				uurb->buffer, uurb->buffer_length))
-			return -EFAULT;
 		snoop(&ps->dev->dev, "interrupt urb\n");
 		break;
 
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	as = alloc_async(uurb->number_of_packets);
-	if (!as) {
+	if (uurb->buffer_length > 0 &&
+			!access_ok(is_in ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
+				uurb->buffer, uurb->buffer_length)) {
 		kfree(isopkt);
 		kfree(dr);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
-	as->urb->transfer_buffer = kmalloc(uurb->buffer_length, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!as->urb->transfer_buffer) {
+	as = alloc_async(uurb->number_of_packets);
+	if (!as) {
 		kfree(isopkt);
 		kfree(dr);
-		free_async(as);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	if (uurb->buffer_length > 0) {
+		as->urb->transfer_buffer = kmalloc(uurb->buffer_length,
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!as->urb->transfer_buffer) {
+			kfree(isopkt);
+			kfree(dr);
+			free_async(as);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
 	as->urb->dev = ps->dev;
 	as->urb->pipe = (uurb->type << 30) |
 			__create_pipe(ps->dev, uurb->endpoint & 0xf) |
@@ -1182,7 +1181,7 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 	kfree(isopkt);
 	as->ps = ps;
 	as->userurb = arg;
-	if (uurb->endpoint & USB_DIR_IN)
+	if (is_in && uurb->buffer_length > 0)
 		as->userbuffer = uurb->buffer;
 	else
 		as->userbuffer = NULL;
@@ -1192,9 +1191,9 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 	as->uid = cred->uid;
 	as->euid = cred->euid;
 	security_task_getsecid(current, &as->secid);
-	if (!is_in) {
+	if (!is_in && uurb->buffer_length > 0) {
 		if (copy_from_user(as->urb->transfer_buffer, uurb->buffer,
-				as->urb->transfer_buffer_length)) {
+				uurb->buffer_length)) {
 			free_async(as);
 			return -EFAULT;
 		}