diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index 54059e4fc6ed..0c6cdf553206 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ static void acm_port_shutdown(struct tty_port *port)
 				"ctrl polling restart failed after port close\n");
 		/* port_shutdown() cleared DTR/RTS; restore them */
 		acm_set_control(acm, USB_CDC_CTRL_DTR | USB_CDC_CTRL_RTS);
+		if (acm_submit_read_urbs(acm, GFP_KERNEL))
+			dev_dbg(&acm->control->dev,
+				"read urb restart failed after port close\n");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1566,6 +1569,9 @@ static int acm_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		if (usb_submit_urb(acm->ctrlurb, GFP_KERNEL))
 			dev_warn(&intf->dev,
 				 "failed to start persistent ctrl polling\n");
+		if (acm_submit_read_urbs(acm, GFP_KERNEL))
+			dev_warn(&intf->dev,
+				 "failed to start persistent bulk read polling\n");
 	}
 
 	return 0;