diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index d9286feacef8..6c9c761d5b93 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,10 @@ static int btusb_submit_intr_urb(struct hci_dev *hdev, gfp_t mem_flags)
 	if (!urb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	size = le16_to_cpu(data->intr_ep->wMaxPacketSize);
+	/* Use maximum HCI Event size so the USB stack handles
+	 * ZPL/short-transfer automatically.
+	 */
+	size = HCI_MAX_EVENT_SIZE;
 
 	buf = kmalloc(size, mem_flags);
 	if (!buf) {