diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
index 8ab281b478f23b..4f88f64cccb49c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int usbnet_generic_cdc_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 			goto bad_desc;
 	}
 
-	if (header.usb_cdc_ether_desc) {
+	if (header.usb_cdc_ether_desc && info->ether->wMaxSegmentSize) {
 		dev->hard_mtu = le16_to_cpu(info->ether->wMaxSegmentSize);
 		/* because of Zaurus, we may be ignoring the host
 		 * side link address we were given.