1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/thread.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/thread.c
index fe3906eb..92c556f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/thread.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/thread.c
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ int nvgpu_thread_create(struct nvgpu_thread *thread,
 
 void nvgpu_thread_stop(struct nvgpu_thread *thread)
 {
-        kthread_stop(thread->task);
-        thread->task = NULL;
+        if (thread->task) {
+                kthread_stop(thread->task);
+                thread->task = NULL;
+        }
 };
 
 bool nvgpu_thread_should_stop(struct nvgpu_thread *thread)