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_lib.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index 26b21e20ef0c..393cc4fd87b7 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -2319,10 +2319,10 @@ scsi_test_unit_ready(struct scsi_device *sdev, int timeout, int retries, do { result = scsi_execute_cmd(sdev, cmd, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, NULL, 0, timeout, 1, &exec_args); - if (sdev->removable && scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) && + if (sdev->removable && result > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) && sshdr->sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION) sdev->changed = 1; - } while (scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) && + } while (result > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) && sshdr->sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION && --retries); return result; -- 2.34.1