diff --git a/sound/usb/card.h b/sound/usb/card.h
index 0d37238b84572fed54cef1c89ee23e1d44d8ae00..2b9fffff23b62a5449d39f2a4b03cbaadb1529a6 100644
--- a/sound/usb/card.h
+++ b/sound/usb/card.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct snd_usb_substream {
 	unsigned long unlink_mask;	/* bitmask of unlinked urbs */
 
 	/* data and sync endpoints for this stream */
+	unsigned int ep_num;		/* the endpoint number */
 	struct snd_usb_endpoint *data_endpoint;
 	struct snd_usb_endpoint *sync_endpoint;
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/sound/usb/stream.c b/sound/usb/stream.c
index 6b7d7a2b7baa3a83c68e35917d95515a3caa482a..083ed81160e58b094ee8f4fca637371aa5b5fff4 100644
--- a/sound/usb/stream.c
+++ b/sound/usb/stream.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static void snd_usb_init_substream(struct snd_usb_stream *as,
 	subs->formats |= fp->formats;
 	subs->num_formats++;
 	subs->fmt_type = fp->fmt_type;
+	subs->ep_num = fp->endpoint;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -119,9 +120,7 @@ int snd_usb_add_audio_stream(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 		if (as->fmt_type != fp->fmt_type)
 			continue;
 		subs = &as->substream[stream];
-		if (!subs->data_endpoint)
-			continue;
-		if (subs->data_endpoint->ep_num == fp->endpoint) {
+		if (subs->ep_num == fp->endpoint) {
 			list_add_tail(&fp->list, &subs->fmt_list);
 			subs->num_formats++;
 			subs->formats |= fp->formats;
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ int snd_usb_add_audio_stream(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 		if (as->fmt_type != fp->fmt_type)
 			continue;
 		subs = &as->substream[stream];
-		if (subs->data_endpoint)
+		if (subs->ep_num)
 			continue;
 		err = snd_pcm_new_stream(as->pcm, stream, 1);
 		if (err < 0)