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 we get a return value > 0. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 67d74f175c4c..756e13637f15 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