* already allocated when resuming from suspend, in which case it will
  * return without touching the buffers.
  *
- * Return 0 on success or -ENOMEM when out of memory.
+ * Limit the buffer size to UVC_MAX_PACKETS bulk/isochronous packets. If the
+ * system is too low on memory try successively smaller numbers of packets
+ * until allocation succeeds.
+ *
+ * Return the number of allocated packets on success or 0 when out of memory.
  */
 static int uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(struct uvc_video_device *video,
-       unsigned int size)
+       unsigned int size, unsigned int psize, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
+       unsigned int npackets;
        unsigned int i;
 
        /* Buffers are already allocated, bail out. */
        if (video->urb_size)
                return 0;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < UVC_URBS; ++i) {
-               video->urb_buffer[i] = usb_buffer_alloc(video->dev->udev,
-                       size, GFP_KERNEL, &video->urb_dma[i]);
-               if (video->urb_buffer[i] == NULL) {
-                       uvc_free_urb_buffers(video);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+       /* Compute the number of packets. Bulk endpoints might transfer UVC
+        * payloads accross multiple URBs.
+        */
+       npackets = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, psize);
+       if (npackets > UVC_MAX_PACKETS)
+               npackets = UVC_MAX_PACKETS;
+
+       /* Retry allocations until one succeed. */
+       for (; npackets > 1; npackets /= 2) {
+               for (i = 0; i < UVC_URBS; ++i) {
+                       video->urb_buffer[i] = usb_buffer_alloc(
+                               video->dev->udev, psize * npackets,
+                               gfp_flags | __GFP_NOWARN, &video->urb_dma[i]);
+                       if (!video->urb_buffer[i]) {
+                               uvc_free_urb_buffers(video);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (i == UVC_URBS) {
+                       video->urb_size = psize * npackets;
+                       return npackets;
                }
        }
 
-       video->urb_size = size;
        return 0;
 }
 
 {
        struct urb *urb;
        unsigned int npackets, i, j;
-       __u16 psize;
-       __u32 size;
+       u16 psize;
+       u32 size;
 
-       /* Compute the number of isochronous packets to allocate by dividing
-        * the maximum video frame size by the packet size. Limit the result
-        * to UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS.
-        */
        psize = le16_to_cpu(ep->desc.wMaxPacketSize);
        psize = (psize & 0x07ff) * (1 + ((psize >> 11) & 3));
-
        size = video->streaming->ctrl.dwMaxVideoFrameSize;
-       if (size > UVC_MAX_FRAME_SIZE)
-               return -EINVAL;
 
-       npackets = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, psize);
-       if (npackets > UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS)
-               npackets = UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS;
+       npackets = uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(video, size, psize, gfp_flags);
+       if (npackets == 0)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        size = npackets * psize;
 
-       if (uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(video, size) < 0)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        for (i = 0; i < UVC_URBS; ++i) {
                urb = usb_alloc_urb(npackets, gfp_flags);
                if (urb == NULL) {
        struct usb_host_endpoint *ep, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
        struct urb *urb;
-       unsigned int pipe, i;
-       __u16 psize;
-       __u32 size;
-
-       /* Compute the bulk URB size. Some devices set the maximum payload
-        * size to a value too high for memory-constrained devices. We must
-        * then transfer the payload accross multiple URBs. To be consistant
-        * with isochronous mode, allocate maximum UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS per bulk
-        * URB.
-        */
+       unsigned int npackets, pipe, i;
+       u16 psize;
+       u32 size;
+
        psize = le16_to_cpu(ep->desc.wMaxPacketSize) & 0x07ff;
        size = video->streaming->ctrl.dwMaxPayloadTransferSize;
        video->bulk.max_payload_size = size;
-       if (size > psize * UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS)
-               size = psize * UVC_MAX_ISO_PACKETS;
 
-       if (uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(video, size) < 0)
+       npackets = uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(video, size, psize, gfp_flags);
+       if (npackets == 0)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       size = npackets * psize;
+
        if (usb_endpoint_dir_in(&ep->desc))
                pipe = usb_rcvbulkpipe(video->dev->udev,
                                       ep->desc.bEndpointAddress);