1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index cd6c410fa8fa..adaa54c6a09a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ static void xs_tcp_release_xprt(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
         if (task == NULL)
                 goto out_release;
         req = task->tk_rqstp;
+        if (req == NULL)
+                goto out_release;
         if (req->rq_bytes_sent == 0)
                 goto out_release;
         if (req->rq_bytes_sent == req->rq_snd_buf.len)