1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index e9bd91265f70..5a220b2bb376 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ svc_process(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
         rqstp->rq_proc = proc = ntohl(svc_getu32(argv));        /* procedure number */
 
         progp = serv->sv_program;
+
+        for (progp = serv->sv_program; progp; progp = progp->pg_next)
+                if (prog == progp->pg_prog)
+                        break;
+
         /*
          * Decode auth data, and add verifier to reply buffer.
          * We do this before anything else in order to get a decent
@@ -320,7 +325,7 @@ svc_process(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
          */
         auth_res = svc_authenticate(rqstp, &auth_stat);
         /* Also give the program a chance to reject this call: */
-        if (auth_res == SVC_OK) {
+        if (auth_res == SVC_OK && progp) {
                 auth_stat = rpc_autherr_badcred;
                 auth_res = progp->pg_authenticate(rqstp);
         }
@@ -340,10 +345,7 @@ svc_process(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
         case SVC_COMPLETE:
                 goto sendit;
         }
-                
-        for (progp = serv->sv_program; progp; progp = progp->pg_next)
-                if (prog == progp->pg_prog)
-                        break;
+
         if (progp == NULL)
                 goto err_bad_prog;