Added a reassignment into the NULL check block to fix the issue. Fixes: c780e86dd48 ("blktrace: Protect q->blk_trace with RCU") Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengiz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index 4560878f0bac..29ea88f10b87 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -1896,8 +1896,10 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev, } ret = 0; - if (bt == NULL) + if (bt == NULL) { ret = blk_trace_setup_queue(q, bdev); + bt = q->blk_trace; + } if (ret == 0) { if (attr == &dev_attr_act_mask) -- 2.25.1