This patch is against 2.6.32-rc8. The issue was found by a static checker. If cmd == ELS_CMD_PLOGI, it is possible for ndlp to be NULL. We do check ndlp further down the function so that would also indicate that we should check ndlp here. Compile tested. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- orig/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c 2009-12-05 10:52:02.000000000 +0200 +++ devel/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c 2009-12-05 11:43:49.000000000 +0200 @@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ lpfc_els_retry(struct lpfc_hba *phba, st lpfc_debugfs_disc_trc(vport, LPFC_DISC_TRC_ELS_CMD, "Retry ELS: wd7:x%x wd4:x%x did:x%x", - *(((uint32_t *) irsp) + 7), irsp->un.ulpWord[4], ndlp->nlp_DID); + *(((uint32_t *) irsp) + 7), irsp->un.ulpWord[4], (ndlp ? ndlp->nlp_DID : 0)); switch (irsp->ulpStatus) { case IOSTAT_FCP_RSP_ERROR: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html