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/sr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c index 100480f5bc2c..a1889709c84c 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c @@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ static unsigned int sr_get_events(struct scsi_device *sdev) result = scsi_execute_cmd(sdev, cmd, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, buf, sizeof(buf), SR_TIMEOUT, MAX_RETRIES, &exec_args); - if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) && sshdr.sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION) + if (result > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) && + sshdr.sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION) return DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE; if (result || be16_to_cpu(eh->data_len) < sizeof(*med)) -- 2.34.1