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> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c index 3aac3041c83f..74967e1b19da 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -2180,19 +2180,21 @@ sd_spinup_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp) sdkp->max_retries, &exec_args); - /* - * If the drive has indicated to us that it - * doesn't have any media in it, don't bother - * with any more polling. - */ - if (media_not_present(sdkp, &sshdr)) { - if (media_was_present) - sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Media removed, stopped polling\n"); - return; - } + if (the_result > 0) { + /* + * If the drive has indicated to us that it + * doesn't have any media in it, don't bother + * with any more polling. + */ + if (media_not_present(sdkp, &sshdr)) { + if (media_was_present) + sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, + "Media removed, stopped polling\n"); + return; + } - if (the_result) sense_valid = scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr); + } retries++; } while (retries < 3 && (!scsi_status_is_good(the_result) || -- 2.34.1