1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index ea1e3daabefe..cb50f4ae5eef 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static void p9_virtio_close(struct p9_client *client)
         struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
 
         mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-        chan->inuse = false;
+        if (chan)
+                chan->inuse = false;
         mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 }
 
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ p9_virtio_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *devname, char *args)
         }
 
         client->trans = (void *)chan;
+        client->status = Connected;
         chan->client = client;
 
         return 0;