1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 94a8ead64ed4..b041ea8c9577 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ static struct qeth_card *qeth_l3_get_card_from_dev(struct net_device *dev)
                 card = netdev_priv(dev);
         else if (rc == QETH_VLAN_CARD)
                 card = netdev_priv(vlan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev);
-        if (card->options.layer2)
+        if (card && card->options.layer2)
                 card = NULL;
         QETH_DBF_TEXT_(TRACE, 4, "%d", rc);
         return card ;