diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 79d1cdf4a635764fab6db65a7273b4e5322b4024..d8329eb47d4ffc26cd9f88bea8e466459ce56c1c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ int usb_bulk_msg(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe,
 	struct urb *urb;
 	struct usb_host_endpoint *ep;
 
-	ep = (usb_pipein(pipe) ? usb_dev->ep_in : usb_dev->ep_out)
-			[usb_pipeendpoint(pipe)];
+	ep = usb_pipe_endpoint(usb_dev, pipe);
 	if (!ep || len < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index a760e46871c5b66fc0f40055df5d1ace8e0b9ec1..7c0555548ac862b9606600c38f9b48a94e144f57 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
 	 * will be required to set urb->ep directly and we will eliminate
 	 * urb->pipe.
 	 */
-	ep = (usb_pipein(urb->pipe) ? dev->ep_in : dev->ep_out)
-			[usb_pipeendpoint(urb->pipe)];
+	ep = usb_pipe_endpoint(dev, urb->pipe);
 	if (!ep)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 1eb4762d9ea8b3a3ef7c37f92d6aa128b9bc6bb0..fd7d61e58198b5232c68cc2025e723867a52c107 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -1552,6 +1552,14 @@ static inline unsigned int __create_pipe(struct usb_device *dev,
 #define usb_rcvintpipe(dev,endpoint)	\
 	((PIPE_INTERRUPT << 30) | __create_pipe(dev, endpoint) | USB_DIR_IN)
 
+static inline struct usb_host_endpoint *
+usb_pipe_endpoint(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned int pipe)
+{
+	struct usb_host_endpoint **eps;
+	eps = usb_pipein(pipe) ? dev->ep_in : dev->ep_out;
+	return eps[usb_pipeendpoint(pipe)];
+}
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static inline __u16