1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/node_subscr.c b/net/tipc/node_subscr.c
index cff4068cc755..cc3fff3dec4f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node_subscr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node_subscr.c
@@ -47,18 +47,19 @@
 void tipc_nodesub_subscribe(struct node_subscr *node_sub, u32 addr, 
                        void *usr_handle, net_ev_handler handle_down)
 {
-        node_sub->node = NULL;
-        if (addr == tipc_own_addr)
+        if (addr == tipc_own_addr) {
+                node_sub->node = NULL;
                 return;
-        if (!tipc_addr_node_valid(addr)) {
-                warn("node_subscr with illegal %x\n", addr);
+        }
+        
+        node_sub->node = tipc_node_find(addr);
+        if (!node_sub->node) {
+                warn("Node subscription rejected, unknown node 0x%x\n", addr);
                 return;
         }
-
         node_sub->handle_node_down = handle_down;
         node_sub->usr_handle = usr_handle;
-        node_sub->node = tipc_node_find(addr);
-        assert(node_sub->node);
+
         tipc_node_lock(node_sub->node);
         list_add_tail(&node_sub->nodesub_list, &node_sub->node->nsub);
         tipc_node_unlock(node_sub->node);