diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
index 09076224b5ca..f4ef703709eb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_uvc.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(trace, "Trace level bitmask");
 
 /* string IDs are assigned dynamically */
 
-#define UVC_STRING_CONTROL_IDX			0
-#define UVC_STRING_STREAMING_IDX		1
-
 static struct usb_string uvc_en_us_strings[] = {
 	/* [UVC_STRING_CONTROL_IDX].s = DYNAMIC, */
 	[UVC_STRING_STREAMING_IDX].s = "Video Streaming",
@@ -300,6 +297,8 @@ uvc_function_setup(struct usb_function *f, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
 	struct uvc_device *uvc = to_uvc(f);
 	struct v4l2_event v4l2_event;
 	struct uvc_event *uvc_event = (void *)&v4l2_event.u.data;
+	unsigned int interface = le16_to_cpu(ctrl->wIndex) & 0xff;
+	struct usb_ctrlrequest *mctrl;
 
 	uvc_trace(UVC_TRACE_CONTROL,
 		  "setup request %02x %02x value %04x index %04x %04x\n",
@@ -325,6 +324,16 @@ uvc_function_setup(struct usb_function *f, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
 	memset(&v4l2_event, 0, sizeof(v4l2_event));
 	v4l2_event.type = UVC_EVENT_SETUP;
 	memcpy(&uvc_event->req, ctrl, sizeof(uvc_event->req));
+
+	/* check for the interface number, fixup the interface number in
+	 * the ctrl request so the userspace doesn't have to bother with
+	 * offset and configfs parsing
+	 */
+	mctrl = &uvc_event->req;
+	mctrl->wIndex &= ~cpu_to_le16(0xff);
+	if (interface == uvc->streaming_intf)
+		mctrl->wIndex = cpu_to_le16(UVC_STRING_STREAMING_IDX);
+
 	v4l2_event_queue(&uvc->vdev, &v4l2_event);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/usb/g_uvc.h b/include/uapi/linux/usb/g_uvc.h
index 428926e35973..e5b7faaf200f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/usb/g_uvc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/usb/g_uvc.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #define UVC_EVENT_RESUME		(V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START + 7)
 #define UVC_EVENT_LAST			(V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START + 7)
 
+#define UVC_STRING_CONTROL_IDX			0
+#define UVC_STRING_STREAMING_IDX		1
+
 struct uvc_request_data {
 	__s32 length;
 	__u8 data[60];