1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 0044c29ca31e..ac1faee2a5b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -11400,6 +11400,12 @@ static pci_ers_result_t i40e_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
         dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%s: error %d\n", __func__, error);
 
+        if (!pf) {
+                dev_info(&pdev->dev,
+                         "Cannot recover - error happened during device probe\n");
+                return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
+        }
+
         /* shutdown all operations */
         if (!test_bit(__I40E_SUSPENDED, &pf->state)) {
                 rtnl_lock();