diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/blackfin.h b/drivers/usb/musb/blackfin.h
index b49a362fb9fa..10b7d7584f4b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/blackfin.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/blackfin.h
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
  *             anomaly - 05000465.
  */
 
+/* The Mentor USB DMA engine on BF52x (silicon v0.0 and v0.1) seems to be
+ * unstable in host mode.  This may be caused by Anomaly 05000380.  After
+ * digging out the root cause, we will change this number accordingly.
+ * So, need to either use silicon v0.2+ or disable DMA mode in MUSB.
+ */
+#if ANOMALY_05000380 && defined(CONFIG_BF52x) && \
+    defined(CONFIG_USB_MUSB_HDRC) && !defined(CONFIG_MUSB_PIO_ONLY)
+# error "Please use PIO mode in MUSB driver on bf52x chip v0.0 and v0.1"
+#endif
+
 #undef DUMP_FIFO_DATA
 #ifdef DUMP_FIFO_DATA
 static void dump_fifo_data(u8 *buf, u16 len)