diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
index feffceb31e8ac6ec2a5c3c88d666455eb89b1fac..121782e22c01d3dafba32443860a43fb2f4e1dad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
@@ -1612,8 +1612,13 @@ static void handle_port_status(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 		usb_hcd_resume_root_hub(hcd);
 	}
 
-	if (hcd->speed >= HCD_USB3 && (portsc & PORT_PLS_MASK) == XDEV_INACTIVE)
+	if (hcd->speed >= HCD_USB3 &&
+	    (portsc & PORT_PLS_MASK) == XDEV_INACTIVE) {
+		slot_id = xhci_find_slot_id_by_port(hcd, xhci, hcd_portnum + 1);
+		if (slot_id && xhci->devs[slot_id])
+			xhci->devs[slot_id]->flags |= VDEV_PORT_ERROR;
 		bus_state->port_remote_wakeup &= ~(1 << hcd_portnum);
+	}
 
 	if ((portsc & PORT_PLC) && (portsc & PORT_PLS_MASK) == XDEV_RESUME) {
 		xhci_dbg(xhci, "port resume event for port %d\n", port_id);
@@ -1801,6 +1806,14 @@ static void xhci_cleanup_halted_endpoint(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 {
 	struct xhci_virt_ep *ep = &xhci->devs[slot_id]->eps[ep_index];
 	struct xhci_command *command;
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid resetting endpoint if link is inactive. Can cause host hang.
+	 * Device will be reset soon to recover the link so don't do anything
+	 */
+	if (xhci->devs[slot_id]->flags & VDEV_PORT_ERROR)
+		return;
+
 	command = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!command)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 20db378a60123ccae997948408385b64c8410b1b..78a2a937dd839087c47a682caff16f571269ccdd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -1466,6 +1466,10 @@ static int xhci_urb_enqueue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flag
 			xhci_dbg(xhci, "urb submitted during PCI suspend\n");
 		return -ESHUTDOWN;
 	}
+	if (xhci->devs[slot_id]->flags & VDEV_PORT_ERROR) {
+		xhci_dbg(xhci, "Can't queue urb, port error, link inactive\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	if (usb_endpoint_xfer_isoc(&urb->ep->desc))
 		num_tds = urb->number_of_packets;
@@ -3754,6 +3758,7 @@ static int xhci_discover_or_reset_device(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
 	}
 	/* If necessary, update the number of active TTs on this root port */
 	xhci_update_tt_active_eps(xhci, virt_dev, old_active_eps);
+	virt_dev->flags = 0;
 	ret = 0;
 
 command_cleanup:
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 7f8b950d1a73efc8d3491068cbdd8e571309d31f..92e764c54154fcfc3a317758f5ae319d3ee23f76 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -1010,6 +1010,15 @@ struct xhci_virt_device {
 	u8				real_port;
 	struct xhci_interval_bw_table	*bw_table;
 	struct xhci_tt_bw_info		*tt_info;
+	/*
+	 * flags for state tracking based on events and issued commands.
+	 * Software can not rely on states from output contexts because of
+	 * latency between events and xHC updating output context values.
+	 * See xhci 1.1 section 4.8.3 for more details
+	 */
+	unsigned long			flags;
+#define VDEV_PORT_ERROR			BIT(0) /* Port error, link inactive */
+
 	/* The current max exit latency for the enabled USB3 link states. */
 	u16				current_mel;
 	/* Used for the debugfs interfaces. */