diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
index b8477fa93b7d..f6373d678d25 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,10 @@ static int uvc_video_start_transfer(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 		if (ep == NULL)
 			return -EIO;
 
+		/* Reject broken descriptors. */
+		if (usb_endpoint_maxp(&ep->desc) == 0)
+			return -EIO;
+
 		ret = uvc_init_video_bulk(stream, ep, gfp_flags);
 	}