diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 721794f0f494..47a1c8bddf86 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
 			 */
 			if (portchange || (hub_is_superspeed(hub->hdev) &&
 						port_resumed))
-				set_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
+				set_bit(port1, hub->event_bits);
 
 		} else if (udev->persist_enabled) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM