1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
index 59b8b9c5ad7..179063d81cd 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
@@ -75,10 +75,16 @@ void core_tmr_release_req(
 {
         struct se_device *dev = tmr->tmr_dev;
 
+        if (!dev) {
+                kmem_cache_free(se_tmr_req_cache, tmr);
+                return;
+        }
+
         spin_lock(&dev->se_tmr_lock);
         list_del(&tmr->tmr_list);
-        kmem_cache_free(se_tmr_req_cache, tmr);
         spin_unlock(&dev->se_tmr_lock);
+
+        kmem_cache_free(se_tmr_req_cache, tmr);
 }
 
 static void core_tmr_handle_tas_abort(