From: Eric Sesterhenn Another possible dereference detected by coverity (id #759). pf_probe() might call pf_identify() which might call get_capacity() which dereferences pf->disk Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/block/paride/pf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/block/paride/pf.c~deref-in-drivers-block-paride-pfc drivers/block/paride/pf.c --- a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c~deref-in-drivers-block-paride-pfc +++ a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static int pf_detect(void) if (pi_init(pf->pi, 0, conf[D_PRT], conf[D_MOD], conf[D_UNI], conf[D_PRO], conf[D_DLY], pf_scratch, PI_PF, verbose, pf->name)) { - if (!pf_probe(pf) && pf->disk) { + if (pf->disk && !pf_probe(pf)) { pf->present = 1; k++; } else _