diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
index 213cb02cbfdbd17b1a5bb813392559682e5a58a2..2ce132b44525589effbdfce33cdd4b6629bcb70c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
@@ -627,12 +627,8 @@ static void xhci_stop_watchdog_timer_in_irq(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 		struct xhci_virt_ep *ep)
 {
 	ep->ep_state &= ~EP_STOP_CMD_PENDING;
-	/* Can't del_timer_sync in interrupt, so we attempt to cancel.  If the
-	 * timer is running on another CPU, we don't decrement stop_cmds_pending
-	 * (since we didn't successfully stop the watchdog timer).
-	 */
-	if (del_timer(&ep->stop_cmd_timer))
-		ep->stop_cmds_pending--;
+	/* Can't del_timer_sync in interrupt */
+	del_timer(&ep->stop_cmd_timer);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -895,10 +891,8 @@ static void xhci_kill_endpoint_urbs(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
  * simple flag to say whether there is a pending stop endpoint command for a
  * particular endpoint.
  *
- * Instead we use a combination of that flag and a counter for the number of
- * pending stop endpoint commands.  If the timer is the tail end of the last
- * stop endpoint command, and the endpoint's command is still pending, we assume
- * the host is dying.
+ * Instead we use a combination of that flag and checking if a new timer is
+ * pending.
  */
 void xhci_stop_endpoint_command_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -912,13 +906,11 @@ void xhci_stop_endpoint_command_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&xhci->lock, flags);
 
-	ep->stop_cmds_pending--;
-
-	if (ep->stop_cmds_pending || !(ep->ep_state & EP_STOP_CMD_PENDING)) {
-		xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_cancel_urb,
-				"Stop EP timer ran, but no command pending, "
-				"exiting.");
+	/* bail out if cmd completed but raced with stop ep watchdog timer.*/
+	if (!(ep->ep_state & EP_STOP_CMD_PENDING) ||
+	    timer_pending(&ep->stop_cmd_timer)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xhci->lock, flags);
+		xhci_dbg(xhci, "Stop EP timer raced with cmd completion, exit");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -927,7 +919,10 @@ void xhci_stop_endpoint_command_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
 	/* Oops, HC is dead or dying or at least not responding to the stop
 	 * endpoint command.
 	 */
+
 	xhci->xhc_state |= XHCI_STATE_DYING;
+	ep->ep_state &= ~EP_STOP_CMD_PENDING;
+
 	/* Disable interrupts from the host controller and start halting it */
 	xhci_quiesce(xhci);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xhci->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index fcb3fa4a6f792a239cc246e8195ba63d3bef95d8..fb7a6dc00226250174c4868c5ccc69e0c7f52ed5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,6 @@ int xhci_urb_dequeue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb, int status)
 			goto done;
 		}
 		ep->ep_state |= EP_STOP_CMD_PENDING;
-		ep->stop_cmds_pending++;
 		ep->stop_cmd_timer.expires = jiffies +
 			XHCI_STOP_EP_CMD_TIMEOUT * HZ;
 		add_timer(&ep->stop_cmd_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 198f40388344fa919cf4bcc707415c3c55a97a07..cdf8c037d481a048c9fcfad0757b7d1b974ff487 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -924,7 +924,6 @@ struct xhci_virt_ep {
 	unsigned int		stopped_stream;
 	/* Watchdog timer for stop endpoint command to cancel URBs */
 	struct timer_list	stop_cmd_timer;
-	int			stop_cmds_pending;
 	struct xhci_hcd		*xhci;
 	/* Dequeue pointer and dequeue segment for a submitted Set TR Dequeue
 	 * command.  We'll need to update the ring's dequeue segment and dequeue