1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index cb29ef7ba2f0..609c30c80816 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ static void bearer_disable(struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
 {
         struct tipc_link *l_ptr;
         struct tipc_link *temp_l_ptr;
+        struct tipc_link_req *temp_req;
 
         pr_info("Disabling bearer <%s>\n", b_ptr->name);
         spin_lock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
@@ -468,9 +469,13 @@ static void bearer_disable(struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
         list_for_each_entry_safe(l_ptr, temp_l_ptr, &b_ptr->links, link_list) {
                 tipc_link_delete(l_ptr);
         }
-        if (b_ptr->link_req)
-                tipc_disc_delete(b_ptr->link_req);
+        temp_req = b_ptr->link_req;
+        b_ptr->link_req = NULL;
         spin_unlock_bh(&b_ptr->lock);
+
+        if (temp_req)
+                tipc_disc_delete(temp_req);
+
         memset(b_ptr, 0, sizeof(struct tipc_bearer));
 }