struct usb_serial_port *port = (struct usb_serial_port *) urb->context;
        struct oti6858_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
        int transient = 0, can_recv = 0, resubmit = 1;
+       int status = urb->status;
 
-       dbg("%s(port = %d, urb->status = %d)",
-                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, urb->status);
+       dbg("%s(port = %d, status = %d)",
+                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, status);
 
-       switch (urb->status) {
+       switch (status) {
        case 0:
                /* success */
                break;
        case -ESHUTDOWN:
                /* this urb is terminated, clean up */
                dbg("%s(): urb shutting down with status: %d",
-                                       __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+                                       __FUNCTION__, status);
                return;
        default:
                dbg("%s(): nonzero urb status received: %d",
-                                       __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+                                       __FUNCTION__, status);
                break;
        }
 
-       if (urb->status == 0 && urb->actual_length == OTI6858_CTRL_PKT_SIZE) {
+       if (status == 0 && urb->actual_length == OTI6858_CTRL_PKT_SIZE) {
                struct oti6858_control_pkt *xs = urb->transfer_buffer;
                unsigned long flags;
 
        unsigned char *data = urb->transfer_buffer;
        unsigned long flags;
        int i, result;
+       int status = urb->status;
        char tty_flag;
 
-       dbg("%s(port = %d, urb->status = %d)",
-                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, urb->status);
+       dbg("%s(port = %d, status = %d)",
+                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, status);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
        priv->flags.read_urb_in_use = 0;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 
-       if (urb->status != 0) {
+       if (status != 0) {
                if (!port->open_count) {
                        dbg("%s(): port is closed, exiting", __FUNCTION__);
                        return;
                }
                /*
-               if (urb->status == -EPROTO) {
+               if (status == -EPROTO) {
                        // PL2303 mysteriously fails with -EPROTO reschedule the read
                        dbg("%s - caught -EPROTO, resubmitting the urb", __FUNCTION__);
-                       urb->status = 0;
-                       urb->dev = port->serial->dev;
                        result = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        if (result)
                                dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "%s - failed resubmitting read urb, error %d\n", __FUNCTION__, result);
 {
        struct usb_serial_port *port = (struct usb_serial_port *) urb->context;
        struct oti6858_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
+       int status = urb->status;
        int result;
 
-       dbg("%s(port = %d, urb->status = %d)",
-                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, urb->status);
+       dbg("%s(port = %d, status = %d)",
+                               __FUNCTION__, port->number, status);
 
-       switch (urb->status) {
+       switch (status) {
        case 0:
                /* success */
                break;
        case -ESHUTDOWN:
                /* this urb is terminated, clean up */
                dbg("%s(): urb shutting down with status: %d",
-                                       __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+                                       __FUNCTION__, status);
                priv->flags.write_urb_in_use = 0;
                return;
        default:
                /* error in the urb, so we have to resubmit it */
                dbg("%s(): nonzero write bulk status received: %d",
-                                       __FUNCTION__, urb->status);
+                                       __FUNCTION__, status);
                dbg("%s(): overflow in write", __FUNCTION__);
 
                port->write_urb->transfer_buffer_length = 1;