diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index f787e9771b1f..9a1954e9f6f1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ int usb_device_supports_lpm(struct usb_device *udev)
 	if (udev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Skip if the device BOS descriptor couldn't be read */
+	if (!udev->bos)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* USB 2.1 (and greater) devices indicate LPM support through
 	 * their USB 2.0 Extended Capabilities BOS descriptor.
 	 */
@@ -324,6 +328,10 @@ static void usb_set_lpm_parameters(struct usb_device *udev)
 	if (!udev->lpm_capable || udev->speed < USB_SPEED_SUPER)
 		return;
 
+	/* Skip if the device BOS descriptor couldn't be read */
+	if (!udev->bos)
+		return;
+
 	hub = usb_hub_to_struct_hub(udev->parent);
 	/* It doesn't take time to transition the roothub into U0, since it
 	 * doesn't have an upstream link.
@@ -2678,7 +2686,8 @@ out_authorized:
 }
 
 /*
- * Return 1 if port speed is SuperSpeedPlus, 0 otherwise
+ * Return 1 if port speed is SuperSpeedPlus, 0 otherwise or if the
+ * capability couldn't be checked.
  * check it from the link protocol field of the current speed ID attribute.
  * current speed ID is got from ext port status request. Sublink speed attribute
  * table is returned with the hub BOS SSP device capability descriptor
@@ -2688,8 +2697,12 @@ static int port_speed_is_ssp(struct usb_device *hdev, int speed_id)
 	int ssa_count;
 	u32 ss_attr;
 	int i;
-	struct usb_ssp_cap_descriptor *ssp_cap = hdev->bos->ssp_cap;
+	struct usb_ssp_cap_descriptor *ssp_cap;
 
+	if (!hdev->bos)
+		return 0;
+
+	ssp_cap = hdev->bos->ssp_cap;
 	if (!ssp_cap)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -4091,8 +4104,15 @@ static void usb_enable_link_state(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct usb_device *udev,
 		enum usb3_link_state state)
 {
 	int timeout, ret;
-	__u8 u1_mel = udev->bos->ss_cap->bU1devExitLat;
-	__le16 u2_mel = udev->bos->ss_cap->bU2DevExitLat;
+	__u8 u1_mel;
+	__le16 u2_mel;
+
+	/* Skip if the device BOS descriptor couldn't be read */
+	if (!udev->bos)
+		return;
+
+	u1_mel = udev->bos->ss_cap->bU1devExitLat;
+	u2_mel = udev->bos->ss_cap->bU2DevExitLat;
 
 	/* If the device says it doesn't have *any* exit latency to come out of
 	 * U1 or U2, it's probably lying.  Assume it doesn't implement that link
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.h b/drivers/usb/core/hub.h
index a8f23f8bc6ef..1c455800f7d3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static inline int hub_is_superspeedplus(struct usb_device *hdev)
 {
 	return (hdev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol == USB_HUB_PR_SS &&
 		le16_to_cpu(hdev->descriptor.bcdUSB) >= 0x0310 &&
-		hdev->bos->ssp_cap);
+		hdev->bos && hdev->bos->ssp_cap);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned hub_power_on_good_delay(struct usb_hub *hub)