return ret;
 }
 
+/* prevent invalid 0-length usb_control_msg */
+static const struct i2c_adapter_quirks usb_quirks = {
+       .flags = I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_READ,
+};
+
 /* This is the actual algorithm we define */
 static const struct i2c_algorithm usb_algorithm = {
        .xfer = usb_xfer,
        /* setup i2c adapter description */
        dev->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
        dev->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON;
+       dev->adapter.quirks = &usb_quirks;
        dev->adapter.algo = &usb_algorithm;
        dev->adapter.algo_data = dev;
        snprintf(dev->adapter.name, sizeof(dev->adapter.name),