diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c b/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
index 0380597..8804ad3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 #define XTYPE_XBOX        0
 #define XTYPE_XBOX360     1
+#define XTYPE_UNKNOWN     2
 
 static int dpad_to_buttons;
 module_param(dpad_to_buttons, bool, S_IRUGO);
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
 	{ 0x1430, 0x8888, "TX6500+ Dance Pad (first generation)", MAP_DPAD_TO_BUTTONS, XTYPE_XBOX },
 	{ 0x045e, 0x028e, "Microsoft X-Box 360 pad", MAP_DPAD_TO_AXES, XTYPE_XBOX360 },
 	{ 0xffff, 0xffff, "Chinese-made Xbox Controller", MAP_DPAD_TO_AXES, XTYPE_XBOX },
-	{ 0x0000, 0x0000, "Generic X-Box pad", MAP_DPAD_UNKNOWN, XTYPE_XBOX }
+	{ 0x0000, 0x0000, "Generic X-Box pad", MAP_DPAD_UNKNOWN, XTYPE_UNKNOWN }
 };
 
 static const signed short xpad_btn[] = {
@@ -173,12 +174,20 @@
 	-1			/* terminating entry */
 };
 
-/* Xbox 360 has a vendor-specific (sub)class, so we cannot match it with only
- * USB_INTERFACE_INFO, more to that this device has 4 InterfaceProtocols,
- * but we need only one of them. */
+/* Xbox 360 has a vendor-specific class, so we cannot match it with only
+ * USB_INTERFACE_INFO (also specifically refused by USB subsystem), so we
+ * match against vendor id as well. Also, some Xbox 360 devices have multiple
+ * interface protocols, we only need protocol 1. */
+#define XPAD_XBOX360_VENDOR(vend) \
+	.match_flags = USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_VENDOR | USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_INT_INFO, \
+	.idVendor = (vend), \
+	.bInterfaceClass = USB_CLASS_VENDOR_SPEC, \
+	.bInterfaceSubClass = 93, \
+	.bInterfaceProtocol = 1
+
 static struct usb_device_id xpad_table [] = {
 	{ USB_INTERFACE_INFO('X', 'B', 0) },	/* X-Box USB-IF not approved class */
-	{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_PROTOCOL(0x045e, 0x028e, 1) },	/* X-Box 360 controller */
+	{ XPAD_XBOX360_VENDOR(0x045e) },	/* Microsoft X-Box 360 controllers */
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -645,6 +654,8 @@
 	xpad->xtype = xpad_device[i].xtype;
 	if (xpad->dpad_mapping == MAP_DPAD_UNKNOWN)
 		xpad->dpad_mapping = dpad_to_buttons;
+	if (xpad->xtype == XTYPE_UNKNOWN)
+		xpad->xtype = (intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceClass == USB_CLASS_VENDOR_SPEC);
 	xpad->dev = input_dev;
 	usb_make_path(udev, xpad->phys, sizeof(xpad->phys));
 	strlcat(xpad->phys, "/input0", sizeof(xpad->phys));