diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
index 0131151e93..fa27299bf8 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,7 @@ static XHCIStreamContext *xhci_find_stream(XHCIEPContext *epctx,
 static void xhci_set_ep_state(XHCIState *xhci, XHCIEPContext *epctx,
                               XHCIStreamContext *sctx, uint32_t state)
 {
+    XHCIRing *ring = NULL;
     uint32_t ctx[5];
     uint32_t ctx2[2];
 
@@ -1197,6 +1198,7 @@ static void xhci_set_ep_state(XHCIState *xhci, XHCIEPContext *epctx,
     /* update ring dequeue ptr */
     if (epctx->nr_pstreams) {
         if (sctx != NULL) {
+            ring = &sctx->ring;
             xhci_dma_read_u32s(xhci, sctx->pctx, ctx2, sizeof(ctx2));
             ctx2[0] &= 0xe;
             ctx2[0] |= sctx->ring.dequeue | sctx->ring.ccs;
@@ -1204,8 +1206,12 @@ static void xhci_set_ep_state(XHCIState *xhci, XHCIEPContext *epctx,
             xhci_dma_write_u32s(xhci, sctx->pctx, ctx2, sizeof(ctx2));
         }
     } else {
-        ctx[2] = epctx->ring.dequeue | epctx->ring.ccs;
-        ctx[3] = (epctx->ring.dequeue >> 16) >> 16;
+        ring = &epctx->ring;
+    }
+    if (ring) {
+        ctx[2] = ring->dequeue | ring->ccs;
+        ctx[3] = (ring->dequeue >> 16) >> 16;
+
         DPRINTF("xhci: set epctx: " DMA_ADDR_FMT " state=%d dequeue=%08x%08x\n",
                 epctx->pctx, state, ctx[3], ctx[2]);
     }