diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
index 09185a1f7379..2c4225e57c39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
@@ -473,6 +473,22 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		}
 	}
 
+	switch (card->usb_boot_state) {
+	case USB8XXX_FW_DNLD:
+		/* Reject broken descriptors. */
+		if (!card->rx_cmd_ep || !card->tx_cmd_ep)
+			return -ENODEV;
+		if (card->bulk_out_maxpktsize == 0)
+			return -ENODEV;
+		break;
+	case USB8XXX_FW_READY:
+		/* Assume the driver can handle missing endpoints for now. */
+		break;
+	default:
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, card);
 
 	ret = mwifiex_add_card(card, &add_remove_card_sem, &usb_ops,