[PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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We need to make sure the struct rtllib_device pointer ieee is not NULL
after the goto rx_dropped label since it is dereferenced there.

Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
index 60de54c..7db3e74 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,8 @@ int rtllib_rx(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return ret;
 
  rx_dropped:
-	ieee->stats.rx_dropped++;
+	if (ieee)
+		ieee->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtllib_rx);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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