diff --git a/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC17.cpp b/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC17.cpp
index 61dc87e0aa..5d516f5304 100644
--- a/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC17.cpp
+++ b/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC17.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,25 @@ void USBHAL::usbisr(void) {
     if (LPC_USB->USBDevIntSt & EP_SLOW) {
         // (Slow) Endpoint Interrupt
 
+        // Process IN packets before SETUP packets
+        // Note - order of OUT and SETUP does not matter as OUT packets
+        //        are clobbered by SETUP packets and thus ignored.
+        //
+        // A SETUP packet can arrive at any time where as an IN packet is
+        // only sent after calling EP0write and an OUT packet after EP0read.
+        // The functions EP0write and EP0read are called only in response to
+        // a setup packet or IN/OUT packets sent in response to that
+        // setup packet. Therefore, if an IN or OUT packet is pending
+        // at the same time as a SETUP packet, the IN or OUT packet belongs
+        // to the previous control transfer and should either be processed
+        // before the SETUP packet (in the case of IN) or dropped (in the
+        // case of OUT as SETUP clobbers the OUT data).
+        if (LPC_USB->USBEpIntSt & EP(EP0IN)) {
+            selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0IN);
+            LPC_USB->USBDevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
+            EP0in();
+        }
+
         // Process each endpoint interrupt
         if (LPC_USB->USBEpIntSt & EP(EP0OUT)) {
             if (selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0OUT) & SIE_SE_STP) {
@@ -601,12 +620,6 @@ void USBHAL::usbisr(void) {
             LPC_USB->USBDevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
         }
 
-        if (LPC_USB->USBEpIntSt & EP(EP0IN)) {
-            selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0IN);
-            LPC_USB->USBDevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
-            EP0in();
-        }
-
         for (uint8_t num = 2; num < 16*2; num++) {
             if (LPC_USB->USBEpIntSt & EP(num)) {
                 selectEndpointClearInterrupt(num);
diff --git a/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC40.cpp b/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC40.cpp
index a5d7b44401..7147366239 100644
--- a/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC40.cpp
+++ b/features/unsupported/USBDevice/targets/TARGET_NXP/USBHAL_LPC40.cpp
@@ -595,6 +595,25 @@ void USBHAL::usbisr(void) {
     if (LPC_USB->DevIntSt & EP_SLOW) {
         // (Slow) Endpoint Interrupt
 
+        // Process IN packets before SETUP packets
+        // Note - order of OUT and SETUP does not matter as OUT packets
+        //        are clobbered by SETUP packets and thus ignored.
+        //
+        // A SETUP packet can arrive at any time where as an IN packet is
+        // only sent after calling EP0write and an OUT packet after EP0read.
+        // The functions EP0write and EP0read are called only in response to
+        // a setup packet or IN/OUT packets sent in response to that
+        // setup packet. Therefore, if an IN or OUT packet is pending
+        // at the same time as a SETUP packet, the IN or OUT packet belongs
+        // to the previous control transfer and should either be processed
+        // before the SETUP packet (in the case of IN) or dropped (in the
+        // case of OUT as SETUP clobbers the OUT data).
+        if (LPC_USB->EpIntSt & EP(EP0IN)) {
+            selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0IN);
+            LPC_USB->DevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
+            EP0in();
+        }
+
         // Process each endpoint interrupt
         if (LPC_USB->EpIntSt & EP(EP0OUT)) {
             if (selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0OUT) & SIE_SE_STP) {
@@ -606,12 +625,6 @@ void USBHAL::usbisr(void) {
             LPC_USB->DevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
         }
 
-        if (LPC_USB->EpIntSt & EP(EP0IN)) {
-            selectEndpointClearInterrupt(EP0IN);
-            LPC_USB->DevIntClr = EP_SLOW;
-            EP0in();
-        }
-
         for (uint8_t num = 2; num < 16*2; num++) {
             if (LPC_USB->EpIntSt & EP(num)) {
                 selectEndpointClearInterrupt(num);