diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
index 238a8088e17f..5eb895b19c55 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct us_data *us, unsigned int pipe,
 
 	/* don't submit s-g requests during abort processing */
 	if (test_bit(US_FLIDX_ABORTING, &us->dflags))
-		return USB_STOR_XFER_ERROR;
+		goto usb_stor_xfer_error;
 
 	/* initialize the scatter-gather request block */
 	usb_stor_dbg(us, "xfer %u bytes, %d entries\n", length, num_sg);
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct us_data *us, unsigned int pipe,
 			sg, num_sg, length, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (result) {
 		usb_stor_dbg(us, "usb_sg_init returned %d\n", result);
-		return USB_STOR_XFER_ERROR;
+		goto usb_stor_xfer_error;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ static int usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct us_data *us, unsigned int pipe,
 		*act_len = us->current_sg.bytes;
 	return interpret_urb_result(us, pipe, length, result,
 			us->current_sg.bytes);
+
+usb_stor_xfer_error:
+	if (act_len)
+		*act_len = 0;
+	return USB_STOR_XFER_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*