diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
index 92fdb6e9faff4003a157ea742a2193e869d06519..de485d8a5beb8557443538a630e506cae545f2c7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ static struct urb *usbtest_alloc_urb(
 	if (usb_pipein(pipe))
 		urb->transfer_flags |= URB_SHORT_NOT_OK;
 
+	if ((bytes + offset) == 0)
+		return urb;
+
 	if (urb->transfer_flags & URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP)
 		urb->transfer_buffer = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, bytes + offset,
 			GFP_KERNEL, &urb->transfer_dma);