If scsi_execute_cmd returns < 0, it doesn't initialize the sshdr, so we shouldn't access the sshdr. If it returns 0, then the cmd executed successfully, so there is no need to check the sshdr. This has us access the sshdr when get a return value > 0. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c index 2442d4d2e3f3..f668c1c0a98f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c @@ -676,10 +676,10 @@ spi_dv_device_echo_buffer(struct scsi_device *sdev, u8 *buffer, for (r = 0; r < retries; r++) { result = spi_execute(sdev, spi_write_buffer, REQ_OP_DRV_OUT, buffer, len, &sshdr); - if(result || !scsi_device_online(sdev)) { + if (result || !scsi_device_online(sdev)) { scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_QUIESCE); - if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) + if (result > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) && sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST /* INVALID FIELD IN CDB */ && sshdr.asc == 0x24 && sshdr.ascq == 0x00) -- 2.34.1