diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c
index 721fdb3597ca9d9ecb3f971f389f6852395ff39c..819fb21ae58d6be87554901bc40276711a7c3705 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct usbtouch_device_info {
 struct usbtouch_usb {
 	unsigned char *data;
 	dma_addr_t data_dma;
+	int data_size;
 	unsigned char *buffer;
 	int buf_len;
 	struct urb *irq;
@@ -1523,7 +1524,7 @@ static int usbtouch_reset_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
 static void usbtouch_free_buffers(struct usb_device *udev,
 				  struct usbtouch_usb *usbtouch)
 {
-	usb_free_coherent(udev, usbtouch->type->rept_size,
+	usb_free_coherent(udev, usbtouch->data_size,
 			  usbtouch->data, usbtouch->data_dma);
 	kfree(usbtouch->buffer);
 }
@@ -1568,7 +1569,20 @@ static int usbtouch_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (!type->process_pkt)
 		type->process_pkt = usbtouch_process_pkt;
 
-	usbtouch->data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, type->rept_size,
+	usbtouch->data_size = type->rept_size;
+	if (type->get_pkt_len) {
+		/*
+		 * When dealing with variable-length packets we should
+		 * not request more than wMaxPacketSize bytes at once
+		 * as we do not know if there is more data coming or
+		 * we filled exactly wMaxPacketSize bytes and there is
+		 * nothing else.
+		 */
+		usbtouch->data_size = min(usbtouch->data_size,
+					  usb_endpoint_maxp(endpoint));
+	}
+
+	usbtouch->data = usb_alloc_coherent(udev, usbtouch->data_size,
 					    GFP_KERNEL, &usbtouch->data_dma);
 	if (!usbtouch->data)
 		goto out_free;
@@ -1628,12 +1642,12 @@ static int usbtouch_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (usb_endpoint_type(endpoint) == USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_INT)
 		usb_fill_int_urb(usbtouch->irq, udev,
 			 usb_rcvintpipe(udev, endpoint->bEndpointAddress),
-			 usbtouch->data, type->rept_size,
+			 usbtouch->data, usbtouch->data_size,
 			 usbtouch_irq, usbtouch, endpoint->bInterval);
 	else
 		usb_fill_bulk_urb(usbtouch->irq, udev,
 			 usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, endpoint->bEndpointAddress),
-			 usbtouch->data, type->rept_size,
+			 usbtouch->data, usbtouch->data_size,
 			 usbtouch_irq, usbtouch);
 
 	usbtouch->irq->dev = udev;