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-rw-r--r--net/can/j1939/socket.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/can/j1939/socket.c b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
index ad973370de12..b93876c57fc4 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/socket.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ static int j1939_sk_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int len)
goto out_release_sock;
}
+ if (!ndev->ml_priv) {
+ netdev_warn_once(ndev,
+ "No CAN mid layer private allocated, please fix your driver and use alloc_candev()!\n");
+ dev_put(ndev);
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out_release_sock;
+ }
+
priv = j1939_netdev_start(ndev);
dev_put(ndev);
if (IS_ERR(priv)) {