diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
index 321de2e0161b..1dfd1c223cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
@@ -979,6 +979,40 @@ void xhci_free_virt_device(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, int slot_id)
 	xhci->devs[slot_id] = NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Free a virt_device structure.
+ * If the virt_device added a tt_info (a hub) and has children pointing to
+ * that tt_info, then free the child first. Recursive.
+ * We can't rely on udev at this point to find child-parent relationships.
+ */
+void xhci_free_virt_devices_depth_first(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, int slot_id)
+{
+	struct xhci_virt_device *vdev;
+	struct list_head *tt_list_head;
+	struct xhci_tt_bw_info *tt_info, *next;
+	int i;
+
+	vdev = xhci->devs[slot_id];
+	if (!vdev)
+		return;
+
+	tt_list_head = &(xhci->rh_bw[vdev->real_port - 1].tts);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(tt_info, next, tt_list_head, tt_list) {
+		/* is this a hub device that added a tt_info to the tts list */
+		if (tt_info->slot_id == slot_id) {
+			/* are any devices using this tt_info? */
+			for (i = 1; i < HCS_MAX_SLOTS(xhci->hcs_params1); i++) {
+				vdev = xhci->devs[i];
+				if (vdev && (vdev->tt_info == tt_info))
+					xhci_free_virt_devices_depth_first(
+						xhci, i);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	/* we are now at a leaf device */
+	xhci_free_virt_device(xhci, slot_id);
+}
+
 int xhci_alloc_virt_device(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, int slot_id,
 		struct usb_device *udev, gfp_t flags)
 {
@@ -1828,8 +1862,8 @@ void xhci_mem_cleanup(struct xhci_hcd *xhci)
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (i = 1; i < MAX_HC_SLOTS; ++i)
-		xhci_free_virt_device(xhci, i);
+	for (i = HCS_MAX_SLOTS(xhci->hcs_params1); i > 0; i--)
+		xhci_free_virt_devices_depth_first(xhci, i);
 
 	dma_pool_destroy(xhci->segment_pool);
 	xhci->segment_pool = NULL;