diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
index f76ebc8c1ed24fb66f98a69a6cf08ee13230c16a..fd73a3ea07c20e4cac1100be1883dce5ea81c033 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c
@@ -51,8 +51,12 @@ struct usb_udc {
 
 static struct class *udc_class;
 static LIST_HEAD(udc_list);
+static LIST_HEAD(gadget_driver_pending_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(udc_lock);
 
+static int udc_bind_to_driver(struct usb_udc *udc,
+		struct usb_gadget_driver *driver);
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HAS_DMA
@@ -356,6 +360,7 @@ int usb_add_gadget_udc_release(struct device *parent, struct usb_gadget *gadget,
 		void (*release)(struct device *dev))
 {
 	struct usb_udc		*udc;
+	struct usb_gadget_driver *driver;
 	int			ret = -ENOMEM;
 
 	udc = kzalloc(sizeof(*udc), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -403,6 +408,18 @@ int usb_add_gadget_udc_release(struct device *parent, struct usb_gadget *gadget,
 	usb_gadget_set_state(gadget, USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED);
 	udc->vbus = true;
 
+	/* pick up one of pending gadget drivers */
+	list_for_each_entry(driver, &gadget_driver_pending_list, pending) {
+		if (!driver->udc_name || strcmp(driver->udc_name,
+						dev_name(&udc->dev)) == 0) {
+			ret = udc_bind_to_driver(udc, driver);
+			if (ret)
+				goto err4;
+			list_del(&driver->pending);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -473,10 +490,14 @@ void usb_del_gadget_udc(struct usb_gadget *gadget)
 
 	mutex_lock(&udc_lock);
 	list_del(&udc->list);
-	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
 
-	if (udc->driver)
+	if (udc->driver) {
+		struct usb_gadget_driver *driver = udc->driver;
+
 		usb_gadget_remove_driver(udc);
+		list_add(&driver->pending, &gadget_driver_pending_list);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
 
 	kobject_uevent(&udc->dev.kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	flush_work(&gadget->work);
@@ -535,11 +556,7 @@ int usb_gadget_probe_driver(struct usb_gadget_driver *driver)
 			if (!ret)
 				break;
 		}
-		if (ret)
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-		else if (udc->driver)
-			ret = -EBUSY;
-		else
+		if (!ret && !udc->driver)
 			goto found;
 	} else {
 		list_for_each_entry(udc, &udc_list, list) {
@@ -549,9 +566,11 @@ int usb_gadget_probe_driver(struct usb_gadget_driver *driver)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pr_debug("couldn't find an available UDC\n");
+	list_add_tail(&driver->pending, &gadget_driver_pending_list);
+	pr_info("udc-core: couldn't find an available UDC - added [%s] to list of pending drivers\n",
+		driver->function);
 	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 found:
 	ret = udc_bind_to_driver(udc, driver);
 	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
@@ -577,6 +596,10 @@ int usb_gadget_unregister_driver(struct usb_gadget_driver *driver)
 			break;
 		}
 
+	if (ret) {
+		list_del(&driver->pending);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&udc_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index ce2188d338e6039f0f9f37382c4d046cae01dcfd..92467eea76defb245ad4fbe4f3c65973c90b610f 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static inline int usb_gadget_activate(struct usb_gadget *gadget)
  * @driver: Driver model state for this driver.
  * @udc_name: A name of UDC this driver should be bound to. If udc_name is NULL,
  *	this driver will be bound to any available UDC.
+ * @pending: UDC core private data used for deferred probe of this driver.
  *
  * Devices are disabled till a gadget driver successfully bind()s, which
  * means the driver will handle setup() requests needed to enumerate (and
@@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@ struct usb_gadget_driver {
 	struct device_driver	driver;
 
 	char			*udc_name;
+	struct list_head	pending;
 };