diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_status.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_status.c
index 75e678ac54eb..5d60b264d59a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_status.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_status.c
@@ -177,10 +177,16 @@ int uvc_status_init(struct uvc_device *dev)
 
 	uvc_input_init(dev);
 
-	dev->int_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (dev->int_urb == NULL)
+	dev->status = kzalloc(UVC_MAX_STATUS_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (dev->status == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	dev->int_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (dev->int_urb == NULL) {
+		kfree(dev->status);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	pipe = usb_rcvintpipe(dev->udev, ep->desc.bEndpointAddress);
 
 	/* For high-speed interrupt endpoints, the bInterval value is used as
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ int uvc_status_init(struct uvc_device *dev)
 		interval = fls(interval) - 1;
 
 	usb_fill_int_urb(dev->int_urb, dev->udev, pipe,
-		dev->status, sizeof dev->status, uvc_status_complete,
+		dev->status, UVC_MAX_STATUS_SIZE, uvc_status_complete,
 		dev, interval);
 
 	return usb_submit_urb(dev->int_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -202,6 +208,7 @@ void uvc_status_cleanup(struct uvc_device *dev)
 {
 	usb_kill_urb(dev->int_urb);
 	usb_free_urb(dev->int_urb);
+	kfree(dev->status);
 	uvc_input_cleanup(dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index bafe3406e305..9a6bc1aafb16 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ struct uvc_xu_control {
 #define UVC_MAX_FRAME_SIZE	(16*1024*1024)
 /* Maximum number of video buffers. */
 #define UVC_MAX_VIDEO_BUFFERS	32
+/* Maximum status buffer size in bytes of interrupt URB. */
+#define UVC_MAX_STATUS_SIZE	16
 
 #define UVC_CTRL_CONTROL_TIMEOUT	300
 #define UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT	1000
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ struct uvc_device {
 	/* Status Interrupt Endpoint */
 	struct usb_host_endpoint *int_ep;
 	struct urb *int_urb;
-	__u8 status[16];
+	__u8 *status;
 	struct input_dev *input;
 
 	/* Video Streaming interfaces */