diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
index 9936a2f199b1..ae2f56689537 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
@@ -512,8 +512,10 @@ static int vhci_urb_enqueue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb,
 	}
 	vdev = &vhci->vdev[portnum-1];
 
-	/* patch to usb_sg_init() is in 2.5.60 */
-	BUG_ON(!urb->transfer_buffer && urb->transfer_buffer_length);
+	if (!urb->transfer_buffer && urb->transfer_buffer_length) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "Null URB transfer buffer\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vhci->lock, flags);