1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 038980be763d..53061bceaad8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -950,7 +950,8 @@ static struct scsi_host_template aac_driver_template = {
 
 static void __aac_shutdown(struct aac_dev * aac)
 {
-        kthread_stop(aac->thread);
+        if (aac->aif_thread)
+                kthread_stop(aac->thread);
         aac_send_shutdown(aac);
         aac_adapter_disable_int(aac);
         free_irq(aac->pdev->irq, aac);