diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 8f156a69912c..04fafe95e9d1 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1873,9 +1873,12 @@ u8 *hid_alloc_report_buf(struct hid_report *report, gfp_t flags)
 	/*
 	 * 7 extra bytes are necessary to achieve proper functionality
 	 * of implement() working on 8 byte chunks
+	 * 1 extra byte for the report ID if it is null (not used) so
+	 * we can reserve that extra byte in the first position of the buffer
+	 * when sending it to .raw_request()
 	 */
 
-	u32 len = hid_report_len(report) + 7;
+	u32 len = hid_report_len(report) + 7 + (report->id == 0);
 
 	return kzalloc(len, flags);
 }