1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 3ffc9306538b..9e4422bbe03d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ static int acpi_scan_hot_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
         unsigned long long sta;
         acpi_status status;
 
-        if (device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline && !acpi_force_hot_remove) {
+        if (device->handler && device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline
+            && !acpi_force_hot_remove) {
                 if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(device, true))
                         return -EBUSY;
         } else {