diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_usbhost.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_usbhost.c
index 5b3ee84e78b..2a9db446d9b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_usbhost.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_usbhost.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 
 #define TRENTRY(id,ehci,fmt1,string) {string}
 
+#ifndef NULL
+#  define NULL ((FAR void *)0)
+#endif
+
 /********************************************************************************************
  * Private Types
  ********************************************************************************************/
@@ -139,15 +143,25 @@ static const struct sam_usbhost_trace_s g_trace2[TRACE2_NSTRINGS] =
 FAR const char *usbhost_trformat1(uint16_t id)
 {
   int ndx = TRACE1_INDEX(id);
-  DEBUGASSERT(ndx < TRACE1_NSTRINGS);
-  return g_trace1[ndx].string;
+
+  if (ndx < TRACE1_NSTRINGS)
+    {
+      return g_trace1[ndx].string;
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
 }
 
 FAR const char *usbhost_trformat2(uint16_t id)
 {
   int ndx = TRACE2_INDEX(id);
-  DEBUGASSERT(ndx < TRACE2_NSTRINGS);
-  return g_trace2[ndx].string;
+
+  if (ndx < TRACE2_NSTRINGS)
+    {
+      return g_trace2[ndx].string;
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_USBHOST_TRACE || CONFIG_DEBUG && CONFIG_DEBUG_USB */
diff --git a/configs/sama5d3x-ek/src/sama5d3x-ek.h b/configs/sama5d3x-ek/src/sama5d3x-ek.h
index bfcb272f2a7..8bfddb33707 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3x-ek/src/sama5d3x-ek.h
+++ b/configs/sama5d3x-ek/src/sama5d3x-ek.h
@@ -172,8 +172,19 @@
 
 /* Check if we should enable the USB monitor before starting NSH */
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_USBDEV) || !defined(CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE) || \
-   !defined(CONFIG_SYSTEM_USBMONITOR)
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYSTEM_USBMONITOR
+#  undef HAVE_USBMONITOR
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_USBDEV
+#  undef CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_USBHOST
+#  undef CONFIG_USBHOST_TRACE
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USBDEV_TRACE) && !defined(CONFIG_USBHOST_TRACE)
 #  undef HAVE_USBMONITOR
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/usbhost/Kconfig b/drivers/usbhost/Kconfig
index b33bbf88751..b8c23fc0c8f 100644
--- a/drivers/usbhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usbhost/Kconfig
@@ -121,9 +121,18 @@ config USBHOST_TRACE
 		Enables USB tracing for debug.  Only supported for the HCD and,
 		further, no supported by all HCD implementations.
 
+if USBHOST_TRACE
+
 config USBHOST_TRACE_NRECORDS
 	int "Number of trace entries to remember"
 	default 128
-	depends on USBHOST_TRACE
 	---help---
 		Number of trace entries to remember.
+
+config USBHOST_TRACE_VERBOSE
+	bool "Enable verbose debug trace"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Number of verbose trace output if supported by the platform.
+
+endif
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