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-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index b5873bdff612..64f51eec6576 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -175,9 +175,13 @@ static void service_arp_queue(struct netpoll_info *npi)
void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np)
{
struct net_device *dev = np->dev;
- const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+
+ if (!dev || !netif_running(dev))
+ return;
- if (!dev || !netif_running(dev) || !ops->ndo_poll_controller)
+ ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ if (!ops->ndo_poll_controller)
return;
/* Process pending work on NIC */