No reason to even try processing the request if the queue is shutting down. Signed-off-by: Raul E Rangel <rrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This commit applies to v4.14.116. This doesn't apply to 5.1 since mmc has been migrated to blk-mq. drivers/mmc/core/queue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c index 4bf1a9c6440b..28c9646a4de9 100644 --- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req) { struct mmc_queue *mq = q->queuedata; - if (mq && (mmc_card_removed(mq->card) || mmc_access_rpmb(mq))) + if (!mq || mmc_card_removed(mq->card) || mmc_access_rpmb(mq)) return BLKPREP_KILL; req->rq_flags |= RQF_DONTPREP; -- 2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog