diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c
index af1edad4683a..6b1e8c3f0e4b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ void stub_complete(struct urb *urb)
 
 	/* link a urb to the queue of tx. */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdev->priv_lock, flags);
-	if (priv->unlinking) {
+	if (sdev->ud.tcp_socket == NULL) {
+		usbip_dbg_stub_tx("ignore urb for closed connection %p", urb);
+		/* It will be freed in stub_device_cleanup_urbs(). */
+	} else if (priv->unlinking) {
 		stub_enqueue_ret_unlink(sdev, priv->seqnum, urb->status);
 		stub_free_priv_and_urb(priv);
 	} else {