diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
index 3922a6f8c50a..77b1802f829b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -1889,6 +1889,7 @@ static int usbtmc_ioctl_request(struct usbtmc_device_data *data,
 	struct usbtmc_ctrlrequest request;
 	u8 *buffer = NULL;
 	int rv;
+	unsigned int is_in, pipe;
 	unsigned long res;
 
 	res = copy_from_user(&request, arg, sizeof(struct usbtmc_ctrlrequest));
@@ -1898,12 +1899,14 @@ static int usbtmc_ioctl_request(struct usbtmc_device_data *data,
 	if (request.req.wLength > USBTMC_BUFSIZE)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
+	is_in = request.req.bRequestType & USB_DIR_IN;
+
 	if (request.req.wLength) {
 		buffer = kmalloc(request.req.wLength, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buffer)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		if ((request.req.bRequestType & USB_DIR_IN) == 0) {
+		if (!is_in) {
 			/* Send control data to device */
 			res = copy_from_user(buffer, request.data,
 					     request.req.wLength);
@@ -1914,8 +1917,12 @@ static int usbtmc_ioctl_request(struct usbtmc_device_data *data,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (is_in)
+		pipe = usb_rcvctrlpipe(data->usb_dev, 0);
+	else
+		pipe = usb_sndctrlpipe(data->usb_dev, 0);
 	rv = usb_control_msg(data->usb_dev,
-			usb_rcvctrlpipe(data->usb_dev, 0),
+			pipe,
 			request.req.bRequest,
 			request.req.bRequestType,
 			request.req.wValue,
@@ -1927,7 +1934,7 @@ static int usbtmc_ioctl_request(struct usbtmc_device_data *data,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	if (rv && (request.req.bRequestType & USB_DIR_IN)) {
+	if (rv && is_in) {
 		/* Read control data from device */
 		res = copy_to_user(request.data, buffer, rv);
 		if (res)