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diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index 02eb0ef7a4c..0885d4abdc6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_unanchor_urb);
* If the USB subsystem can't allocate sufficient bandwidth to perform
* the periodic request, submitting such a periodic request should fail.
*
+ * For devices under xHCI, the bandwidth is reserved at configuration time, or
+ * when the alt setting is selected. If there is not enough bus bandwidth, the
+ * configuration/alt setting request will fail. Therefore, submissions to
+ * periodic endpoints on devices under xHCI should never fail due to bandwidth
+ * constraints.
+ *
* Device drivers must explicitly request that repetition, by ensuring that
* some URB is always on the endpoint's queue (except possibly for short
* periods during completion callacks). When there is no longer an urb