u8 data[4];
                struct usb_ctrlrequest dr;
        } *buf;
+       int rc;
 
        buf = kmalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (!buf)
        usb_fill_control_urb(urb, priv->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(priv->udev, 0),
                             (unsigned char *)dr, buf, len,
                             rtl8187_iowrite_async_cb, buf);
-       usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       rc = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (rc < 0) {
+               kfree(buf);
+               usb_free_urb(urb);
+       }
 }
 
 static inline void rtl818x_iowrite32_async(struct rtl8187_priv *priv,
        struct urb *urb;
        __le16 rts_dur = 0;
        u32 flags;
+       int rc;
 
        urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (!urb) {
        info->dev = dev;
        usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, priv->udev, usb_sndbulkpipe(priv->udev, 2),
                          hdr, skb->len, rtl8187_tx_cb, skb);
-       usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       rc = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (rc < 0) {
+               usb_free_urb(urb);
+               kfree_skb(skb);
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }