diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index cd9338837ce6..b23426e4952c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -1789,6 +1789,11 @@ int r8152_submit_rx(struct r8152 *tp, struct rx_agg *agg, gfp_t mem_flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* The rx would be stopped, so skip submitting */
+	if (test_bit(RTL8152_UNPLUG, &tp->flags) ||
+	    !test_bit(WORK_ENABLE, &tp->flags) || !netif_carrier_ok(tp->netdev))
+		return 0;
+
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(agg->urb, tp->udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(tp->udev, 1),
 			  agg->head, agg_buf_sz,
 			  (usb_complete_t)read_bulk_callback, agg);