diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index 00d55ba8983f..cdabe76960bc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ static void acm_ctrl_irq(struct urb *urb)
 		break;
 
 	case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_SERIAL_STATE:
+		if (le16_to_cpu(dr->wLength) != 2) {
+			dev_dbg(&acm->control->dev,
+				"%s - malformed serial state\n", __func__);
+			break;
+		}
+
 		newctrl = get_unaligned_le16(data);
 
 		if (!acm->clocal && (acm->ctrlin & ~newctrl & ACM_CTRL_DCD)) {
@@ -359,11 +365,10 @@ static void acm_ctrl_irq(struct urb *urb)
 
 	default:
 		dev_dbg(&acm->control->dev,
-			"%s - unknown notification %d received: index %d "
-			"len %d data0 %d data1 %d\n",
+			"%s - unknown notification %d received: index %d len %d\n",
 			__func__,
-			dr->bNotificationType, dr->wIndex,
-			dr->wLength, data[0], data[1]);
+			dr->bNotificationType, dr->wIndex, dr->wLength);
+
 		break;
 	}
 exit: