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[PATCH] rtl8180: avoid potential NULL deref in rtl8180_beacon_work

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ieee80211_beacon_get can return NULL...

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
index 1d81785..b50c39a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
@@ -695,6 +695,8 @@ static void rtl8180_beacon_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* grab a fresh beacon */
 	skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(dev, vif);
+	if (!skb)
+		goto resched;
 
 	/*
 	 * update beacon timestamp w/ TSF value
-- 
1.7.2

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