diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
index 68c7457a..db0541c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/option.c
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@
 		tty_kref_put(tty);
 
 		/* Resubmit urb so we continue receiving */
-		if (port->port.count && status != -ESHUTDOWN) {
+		if (status != -ESHUTDOWN) {
 			err = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (err)
+			if (err && err != -EPERM)
 				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: resubmit read urb failed. "
 					"(%d)", __func__, err);
 			else