1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index 1e1198546c72..ac06cc595890 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -134,10 +134,16 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 
 static inline struct scsi_driver *scsi_cmd_to_driver(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
+        struct scsi_driver **sdp;
+
         if (!cmd->request->rq_disk)
                 return NULL;
 
-        return *(struct scsi_driver **)cmd->request->rq_disk->private_data;
+        sdp = (struct scsi_driver **)cmd->request->rq_disk->private_data;
+        if (!sdp)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return *sdp;
 }
 
 extern struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_command(struct scsi_device *, gfp_t);