diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
index 25e343ff61e78ed3ae73937f7104b08cc4fc2bed..ca27f2f8522d013b893fc38cda1efc569a979447 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int cp210x_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 		return -EPROTO;
 	}
 
-	result = usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb(port, GFP_KERNEL);
+	result = usb_serial_generic_open(tty, port);
 	if (result)
 		return result;