1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 1a07c061f644..79711b64054b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
         struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
         struct ata_link *slave = ap->slave_link;
         struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
-        struct ata_eh_context *sehc = &slave->eh_context;
+        struct ata_eh_context *sehc = slave ? &slave->eh_context : NULL;
         unsigned int *classes = ehc->classes;
         unsigned int lflags = link->flags;
         int verbose = !(ehc->i.flags & ATA_EHI_QUIET);