diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c
index f7d561ed3c236..d029bbe9eb36a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c
@@ -981,10 +981,6 @@ static void finish_unlinks(struct ohci_hcd *ohci)
 		int			completed, modified;
 		__hc32			*prev;
 
-		/* Is this ED already invisible to the hardware? */
-		if (ed->state == ED_IDLE)
-			goto ed_idle;
-
 		/* only take off EDs that the HC isn't using, accounting for
 		 * frame counter wraps and EDs with partially retired TDs
 		 */
@@ -1012,12 +1008,10 @@ static void finish_unlinks(struct ohci_hcd *ohci)
 		}
 
 		/* ED's now officially unlinked, hc doesn't see */
-		ed->state = ED_IDLE;
 		ed->hwHeadP &= ~cpu_to_hc32(ohci, ED_H);
 		ed->hwNextED = 0;
 		wmb();
 		ed->hwINFO &= ~cpu_to_hc32(ohci, ED_SKIP | ED_DEQUEUE);
-ed_idle:
 
 		/* reentrancy:  if we drop the schedule lock, someone might
 		 * have modified this list.  normally it's just prepending
@@ -1088,6 +1082,7 @@ static void finish_unlinks(struct ohci_hcd *ohci)
 		if (list_empty(&ed->td_list)) {
 			*last = ed->ed_next;
 			ed->ed_next = NULL;
+			ed->state = ED_IDLE;
 			list_del(&ed->in_use_list);
 		} else if (ohci->rh_state == OHCI_RH_RUNNING) {
 			*last = ed->ed_next;