diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c
index 00555ffa623b..078b9eb71516 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ static enum evtreturn xhci_dbc_do_handle_events(struct xhci_dbc *dbc)
 {
 	dma_addr_t		deq;
 	union xhci_trb		*evt;
+	enum evtreturn		ret = EVT_DONE;
 	u32			ctrl, portsc;
 	bool			update_erdp = false;
 
@@ -939,6 +940,7 @@ static enum evtreturn xhci_dbc_do_handle_events(struct xhci_dbc *dbc)
 			break;
 		case TRB_TYPE(TRB_TRANSFER):
 			dbc_handle_xfer_event(dbc, evt);
+			ret = EVT_XFER_DONE;
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -957,7 +959,7 @@ static enum evtreturn xhci_dbc_do_handle_events(struct xhci_dbc *dbc)
 		lo_hi_writeq(deq, &dbc->regs->erdp);
 	}
 
-	return EVT_DONE;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void xhci_dbc_handle_events(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -966,6 +968,7 @@ static void xhci_dbc_handle_events(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct xhci_dbc		*dbc;
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	unsigned int		poll_interval;
+	unsigned long		busypoll_timelimit;
 
 	dbc = container_of(to_delayed_work(work), struct xhci_dbc, event_work);
 	poll_interval = dbc->poll_interval;
@@ -984,11 +987,21 @@ static void xhci_dbc_handle_events(struct work_struct *work)
 			dbc->driver->disconnect(dbc);
 		break;
 	case EVT_DONE:
-		/* set fast poll rate if there are pending data transfers */
+		/*
+		 * Set fast poll rate if there are pending out transfers, or
+		 * a transfer was recently processed
+		 */
+		busypoll_timelimit = dbc->xfer_timestamp +
+			msecs_to_jiffies(DBC_XFER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT);
+
 		if (!list_empty(&dbc->eps[BULK_OUT].list_pending) ||
-		    !list_empty(&dbc->eps[BULK_IN].list_pending))
+		    time_is_after_jiffies(busypoll_timelimit))
 			poll_interval = 0;
 		break;
+	case EVT_XFER_DONE:
+		dbc->xfer_timestamp = jiffies;
+		poll_interval = 0;
+		break;
 	default:
 		dev_info(dbc->dev, "stop handling dbc events\n");
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h
index 313b5e97a467..1fab3eb9c831 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct dbc_ep {
 #define DBC_WRITE_BUF_SIZE		8192
 #define DBC_POLL_INTERVAL_DEFAULT	64	/* milliseconds */
 #define DBC_POLL_INTERVAL_MAX		5000	/* milliseconds */
+#define DBC_XFER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT	10	/* milliseconds */
 /*
  * Private structure for DbC hardware state:
  */
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ struct xhci_dbc {
 	enum dbc_state			state;
 	struct delayed_work		event_work;
 	unsigned int			poll_interval;	/* ms */
+	unsigned long			xfer_timestamp;
 	unsigned			resume_required:1;
 	struct dbc_ep			eps[2];
 
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ struct dbc_request {
 enum evtreturn {
 	EVT_ERR	= -1,
 	EVT_DONE,
+	EVT_XFER_DONE,
 	EVT_GSER,
 	EVT_DISC,
 };