1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/isocdata.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/isocdata.c
index 45f017ed6e8c..8667daaa1a82 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/isocdata.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/isocdata.c
@@ -992,14 +992,18 @@ int gigaset_isoc_send_skb(struct bc_state *bcs, struct sk_buff *skb)
         int len = skb->len;
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&bcs->cs->lock, flags);
+        if (!bcs->cs->connected) {
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bcs->cs->lock, flags);
+                return -ENODEV;
+        }
+
         skb_queue_tail(&bcs->squeue, skb);
         gig_dbg(DEBUG_ISO, "%s: skb queued, qlen=%d",
                 __func__, skb_queue_len(&bcs->squeue));
 
         /* tasklet submits URB if necessary */
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&bcs->cs->lock, flags);
-        if (bcs->cs->connected)
-                tasklet_schedule(&bcs->hw.bas->sent_tasklet);
+        tasklet_schedule(&bcs->hw.bas->sent_tasklet);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bcs->cs->lock, flags);
 
         return len;     /* ok so far */