Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+11c342e5e30e9539cabd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 60ec7fcf qlcnic: potential dereference null pointer of.. git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git master kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=fa556098924b78f0 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=11c342e5e30e9539cabd compiler: gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2 patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=1412bd93b00000 Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.