diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
index 128e949db47c4a2c64f0156a2c7c227ef8f16fd1..bd82253a3329014803a35541135a008b93f82b57 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
@@ -1806,6 +1806,7 @@ allocate_instance(struct device *dev,
 	musb->ctrl_base = mbase;
 	musb->nIrq = -ENODEV;
 	musb->config = config;
+	BUG_ON(musb->config->num_eps > MUSB_C_NUM_EPS);
 	for (epnum = 0, ep = musb->endpoints;
 			epnum < musb->config->num_eps;
 			epnum++, ep++) {