diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index aac0051a2cf6..758eb21430cd 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ static int usbhid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 	struct usb_device *dev = interface_to_usbdev (intf);
 	struct hid_descriptor *hdesc;
 	struct hid_class_descriptor *hcdesc;
+	__u8 fixed_opt_descriptors_size;
 	u32 quirks = 0;
 	unsigned int rsize = 0;
 	char *rdesc;
@@ -1015,7 +1016,21 @@ static int usbhid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 			      (hdesc->bNumDescriptors - 1) * sizeof(*hcdesc)) {
 		dbg_hid("hid descriptor invalid, bLen=%hhu bNum=%hhu\n",
 			hdesc->bLength, hdesc->bNumDescriptors);
-		return -EINVAL;
+
+		/*
+		 * Some devices may expose a wrong number of descriptors compared
+		 * to the provided length.
+		 * However, we ignore the optional hid class descriptors entirely
+		 * so we can safely recompute the proper field.
+		 */
+		if (hdesc->bLength >= sizeof(*hdesc)) {
+			fixed_opt_descriptors_size = hdesc->bLength - sizeof(*hdesc);
+
+			hid_warn(intf, "fixing wrong optional hid class descriptors count\n");
+			hdesc->bNumDescriptors = fixed_opt_descriptors_size / sizeof(*hcdesc) + 1;
+		} else {
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	hid->version = le16_to_cpu(hdesc->bcdHID);