From: Roi Dayan <roid@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 83026d83186bc48bb41ee4872f339b83f31dfc55 upstream. It could be the lag dev is null so stop processing the event. In bond_enslave() the active/backup slave being set before setting the upper dev so first event is without an upper dev. After setting the upper dev with bond_master_upper_dev_link() there is a second event and in that event we have an upper dev. Fixes: 7e51891a237f ("net/mlx5e: Use netdev events to set/del egress acl forward-to-vport rule") Signed-off-by: Roi Dayan <roid@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Maor Dickman <maord@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/bond.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/bond.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/bond.c @@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static void mlx5e_rep_changelowerstate_e rpriv = priv->ppriv; fwd_vport_num = rpriv->rep->vport; lag_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(netdev); + if (!lag_dev) + return; netdev_dbg(netdev, "lag_dev(%s)'s slave vport(%d) is txable(%d)\n", lag_dev->name, fwd_vport_num, net_lag_port_dev_txable(netdev));