diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 4a2aab16b10c..2a11233d44f8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ static ssize_t usbip_debug_store(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
 				 size_t count)
 {
-	sscanf(buf, "%lx", &usbip_debug_flag);
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%lx", &usbip_debug_flag) != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	return count;
 }
 DEVICE_ATTR_RW(usbip_debug);