diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/io_tables.h b/drivers/usb/serial/io_tables.h
index 6ab2a3f97fe832a1fdd0b2778c8bee1c713d63b7..178b22eb32b17f65a9a25ab67ad55a54ae786914 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_tables.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_tables.h
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver epic_device = {
 		.name		= "epic",
 	},
 	.description		= "EPiC device",
+	.usb_driver		= &io_driver,
 	.id_table		= Epic_port_id_table,
 	.num_ports		= 1,
 	.open			= edge_open,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c b/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c
index 12ed594f5f808f63106ad4dedbcb9f7d35983237..99b97c04896f9402b37458106e6e3288c01575bb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c
@@ -1275,6 +1275,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver iuu_device = {
 		   .name = "iuu_phoenix",
 		   },
 	.id_table = id_table,
+	.usb_driver = &iuu_driver,
 	.num_ports = 1,
 	.bulk_in_size = 512,
 	.bulk_out_size = 512,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.h b/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.h
index 2d8baf6ac472c3be9356f3aaa84aa1582d0fbf97..ce134dc28ddfb457997f7465d1bd1e62d0bef192 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.h
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver keyspan_pre_device = {
 		.name		= "keyspan_no_firm",
 	},
 	.description		= "Keyspan - (without firmware)",
+	.usb_driver		= &keyspan_driver,
 	.id_table		= keyspan_pre_ids,
 	.num_ports		= 1,
 	.attach			= keyspan_fake_startup,
@@ -557,6 +558,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver keyspan_1port_device = {
 		.name		= "keyspan_1",
 	},
 	.description		= "Keyspan 1 port adapter",
+	.usb_driver		= &keyspan_driver,
 	.id_table		= keyspan_1port_ids,
 	.num_ports		= 1,
 	.open			= keyspan_open,
@@ -579,6 +581,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver keyspan_2port_device = {
 		.name		= "keyspan_2",
 	},
 	.description		= "Keyspan 2 port adapter",
+	.usb_driver		= &keyspan_driver,
 	.id_table		= keyspan_2port_ids,
 	.num_ports		= 2,
 	.open			= keyspan_open,
@@ -601,6 +604,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver keyspan_4port_device = {
 		.name		= "keyspan_4",
 	},
 	.description		= "Keyspan 4 port adapter",
+	.usb_driver		= &keyspan_driver,
 	.id_table		= keyspan_4port_ids,
 	.num_ports		= 4,
 	.open			= keyspan_open,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/moto_modem.c b/drivers/usb/serial/moto_modem.c
index cf1718394e18e3079452104948caf233292490c4..653465f61d4a9345f78a01ac9774684695c3cad4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/moto_modem.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/moto_modem.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver moto_device = {
 		.name =		"moto-modem",
 	},
 	.id_table =		id_table,
+	.usb_driver =		&moto_driver,
 	.num_ports =		1,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
index 5be866bb7a4132a1e078939abda73daecaf2e434..73613205be7ad283ec9f820f86c861ca9af6dec6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver oti6858_device = {
 		.name =		"oti6858",
 	},
 	.id_table =		id_table,
+	.usb_driver =		&oti6858_driver,
 	.num_ports =		1,
 	.open =			oti6858_open,
 	.close =		oti6858_close,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/qcaux.c b/drivers/usb/serial/qcaux.c
index b53865b8cd9ce0c27b64b575635a1d6948c99861..30b73e68a904d65e7dadb3fdeee8acd73f65607c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/qcaux.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/qcaux.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver qcaux_device = {
 		.name =		"qcaux",
 	},
 	.id_table =		id_table,
+	.usb_driver =		&qcaux_driver,
 	.num_ports =		1,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/siemens_mpi.c b/drivers/usb/serial/siemens_mpi.c
index cb8195cabfde82d0ce0cb9c16c5e441100ca1757..74cd4ccdb3fcc1b344de2e969df87c4882825ea4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/siemens_mpi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/siemens_mpi.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver siemens_usb_mpi_device = {
 		.name =		"siemens_mpi",
 	},
 	.id_table =		id_table,
+	.usb_driver =		&siemens_usb_mpi_driver,
 	.num_ports =		1,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c b/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
index 765aa983bf58e6e3548a079d2e92223b03cd6eff..c7665d39d192bb5cde5284a830b4093787d1f6ee 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver spcp8x5_device = {
 		.name =		"SPCP8x5",
 	},
 	.id_table		= id_table,
+	.usb_driver		= &spcp8x5_driver,
 	.num_ports		= 1,
 	.open 			= spcp8x5_open,
 	.dtr_rts		= spcp8x5_dtr_rts,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 6954de50c0ffe5e22cc85ad909af0ceef1dde4fd..546a52179becbc783a825bda99efd61c8a2d8bff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1344,11 +1344,15 @@ int usb_serial_register(struct usb_serial_driver *driver)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	fixup_generic(driver);
-	if (driver->usb_driver)
-		driver->usb_driver->supports_autosuspend = 1;
 
 	if (!driver->description)
 		driver->description = driver->driver.name;
+	if (!driver->usb_driver) {
+		WARN(1, "Serial driver %s has no usb_driver\n",
+				driver->description);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	driver->usb_driver->supports_autosuspend = 1;
 
 	/* Add this device to our list of devices */
 	mutex_lock(&table_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_debug.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_debug.c
index f2ed6a31be77288733235eec2f60437d01d7ea91..95a82148ee81ec448e866b2b5b3b91ef93690c22 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_debug.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver debug_device = {
 		.name =		"debug",
 	},
 	.id_table =		id_table,
+	.usb_driver =		&debug_driver,
 	.num_ports =		1,
 	.bulk_out_size =	USB_DEBUG_MAX_PACKET_SIZE,
 	.break_ctl =		usb_debug_break_ctl,