diff --git a/bus/usb/usbtrans.c b/bus/usb/usbtrans.c
index b3ee167a1..e1b9097e6 100644
--- a/bus/usb/usbtrans.c
+++ b/bus/usb/usbtrans.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ grub_usb_control_msg (grub_usb_device_t dev,
   setupdata_addr = grub_dma_get_phys (setupdata_chunk);
 
   /* Determine the maximum packet size.  */
-  if (dev->initialized && dev->descdev.maxsize0)
+  if (dev->descdev.maxsize0)
     max = dev->descdev.maxsize0;
   else
     max = 64;