diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index e0719b4ee189..0b5ec234c787 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,14 @@ void usb_disable_device(struct usb_device *dev, int skip_ep0)
 	 * any drivers bound to them (a key side effect)
 	 */
 	if (dev->actconfig) {
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: In order to avoid self-deadlock involving the
+		 * bandwidth_mutex, we have to mark all the interfaces
+		 * before unregistering any of them.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->actconfig->desc.bNumInterfaces; i++)
+			dev->actconfig->interface[i]->unregistering = 1;
+
 		for (i = 0; i < dev->actconfig->desc.bNumInterfaces; i++) {
 			struct usb_interface	*interface;
 
@@ -1156,7 +1164,6 @@ void usb_disable_device(struct usb_device *dev, int skip_ep0)
 				continue;
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "unregistering interface %s\n",
 				dev_name(&interface->dev));
-			interface->unregistering = 1;
 			remove_intf_ep_devs(interface);
 			device_del(&interface->dev);
 		}