diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c b/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
index be571fef185da6a597fcdac3d15093ed8e47fb5b..4aef96b0eb637f8136a2262c0a56c8001a7ea106 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.c
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ static int ath3k_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev,
 	sent += 20;
 	count -= 20;
 
+	pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, 0x02);
+
 	while (count) {
 		size = min_t(uint, count, BULK_SIZE);
-		pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, 0x02);
 		memcpy(send_buf, firmware->data + sent, size);
 
 		err = usb_bulk_msg(udev, pipe, send_buf, size,