diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c b/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
index ed01f3b2de8c..9ff19c8a122e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static void opticon_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 			/* real data, send it to the tty layer */
 			tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port);
 			if (tty) {
-				tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data,
-							       data_length);
+				tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data + 2,
+						       data_length);
 				tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
 				tty_kref_put(tty);
 			}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ exit:
 						  priv->bulk_address),
 				  priv->bulk_in_buffer, priv->buffer_size,
 				  opticon_bulk_callback, priv);
-		result = usb_submit_urb(port->read_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		result = usb_submit_urb(priv->bulk_read_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (result)
 			dev_err(&port->dev,
 			    "%s - failed resubmitting read urb, error %d\n",