diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
index 200b708aacd6..108f9bddf9aa 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ static void i_usx2y_in04_int(struct urb *urb)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (urb->actual_length < USX2Y_IN04_SIZE)
+		goto resubmit;
+
 	if (us428ctls) {
 		diff = -1;
 		if (us428ctls->ctl_snapshot_last == -2) {
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ static void i_usx2y_in04_int(struct urb *urb)
 	if (err)
 		dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "in04_int() usb_submit_urb err=%i\n", err);
 
+resubmit:
 	urb->dev = usx2y->dev;
 	usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ int usx2y_in04_init(struct usx2ydev *usx2y)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	usx2y->in04_buf = kmalloc(USX2Y_IN04_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	usx2y->in04_buf = kzalloc(USX2Y_IN04_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!usx2y->in04_buf) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;