1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index cdd6ab9c894d..8f30085ef5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2082,9 +2082,11 @@ static int qeth_l3_stop_card(struct qeth_card *card, int recovery_mode)
                 if (recovery_mode)
                         qeth_l3_stop(card->dev);
                 else {
-                        rtnl_lock();
-                        dev_close(card->dev);
-                        rtnl_unlock();
+                        if (card->dev) {
+                                rtnl_lock();
+                                dev_close(card->dev);
+                                rtnl_unlock();
+                        }
                 }
                 if (!card->use_hard_stop) {
                         rc = qeth_send_stoplan(card);