While configuring of NVMe device handling, _pcie_device structure member was accessed after its reference count is decremented/put. Hence modified code to access member of _pcie_device structure before its reference count is decremented/put. Signed-off-by: Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c index 884878b..bf57827 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c @@ -2365,13 +2365,14 @@ scsih_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev) "connector name( %s)\n", ds, pcie_device->enclosure_level, pcie_device->connector_name); - pcie_device_put(pcie_device); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags); - scsih_change_queue_depth(sdev, qdepth); if (pcie_device->nvme_mdts) blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, pcie_device->nvme_mdts/512); + + pcie_device_put(pcie_device); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags); + scsih_change_queue_depth(sdev, qdepth); /* Enable QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES flag, so that IOs won't be ** merged and can eliminate holes created during merging ** operation. -- 1.8.3.1