diff --git a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt b/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt
index 9cf83e8c27b8..d83703ea74b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ USB-specific:
 
 -EFBIG		Host controller driver can't schedule that many ISO frames.
 
--EPIPE		Specified endpoint is stalled.  For non-control endpoints,
-		reset this status with usb_clear_halt().
+-EPIPE		The pipe type specified in the URB doesn't match the
+		endpoint's actual type.
 
 -EMSGSIZE	(a) endpoint maxpacket size is zero; it is not usable
 		    in the current interface altsetting.
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ USB-specific:
 
 -EHOSTUNREACH	URB was rejected because the device is suspended.
 
+-ENOEXEC	A control URB doesn't contain a Setup packet.
+
 
 **************************************************************************
 *                   Error codes returned by in urb->status               *
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index a678186f218f..431d17287a86 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1104,13 +1104,25 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 		case USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_CONTROL:
 		case USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_ISOC:
 			return -EINVAL;
-		/* allow single-shot interrupt transfers, at bogus rates */
+		case USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_INT:
+			/* allow single-shot interrupt transfers */
+			uurb->type = USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_INTERRUPT;
+			goto interrupt_urb;
 		}
 		uurb->number_of_packets = 0;
 		if (uurb->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
 
+	case USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_INTERRUPT:
+		if (!usb_endpoint_xfer_int(&ep->desc))
+			return -EINVAL;
+ interrupt_urb:
+		uurb->number_of_packets = 0;
+		if (uurb->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		break;
+
 	case USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_ISO:
 		/* arbitrary limit */
 		if (uurb->number_of_packets < 1 ||
@@ -1143,14 +1155,6 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 		uurb->buffer_length = totlen;
 		break;
 
-	case USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_INTERRUPT:
-		uurb->number_of_packets = 0;
-		if (!usb_endpoint_xfer_int(&ep->desc))
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (uurb->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		break;
-
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index e7cae1334693..e2bd153cbd89 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -387,6 +387,13 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
 	{
 	unsigned int	orig_flags = urb->transfer_flags;
 	unsigned int	allowed;
+	static int pipetypes[4] = {
+		PIPE_CONTROL, PIPE_ISOCHRONOUS, PIPE_BULK, PIPE_INTERRUPT
+	};
+
+	/* Check that the pipe's type matches the endpoint's type */
+	if (usb_pipetype(urb->pipe) != pipetypes[xfertype])
+		return -EPIPE;		/* The most suitable error code :-) */
 
 	/* enforce simple/standard policy */
 	allowed = (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP |