diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
index ee6c16416c30..2e4ce7704908 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
@@ -1264,8 +1264,13 @@ dev_release (struct inode *inode, struct file *fd)
 
 	kfree (dev->buf);
 	dev->buf = NULL;
-	put_dev (dev);
 
+	/* other endpoints were all decoupled from this device */
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
+	dev->state = STATE_DEV_DISABLED;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->lock);
+
+	put_dev (dev);
 	return 0;
 }