From: Akinobu Mita i2o_driver_register() initalizes event queue for driver only when drv->event is set. So similarly the event queue should be destroyed only when drv->event is set in the error path. Otherwise destroy_workqueue() will called with NULL. Cc: Markus Lidel Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/message/i2o/driver.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/message/i2o/driver.c~i2o-destroy-event-queue-only-when-drv-event-is-set drivers/message/i2o/driver.c --- a/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c~i2o-destroy-event-queue-only-when-drv-event-is-set +++ a/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ int i2o_driver_register(struct i2o_drive } rc = driver_register(&drv->driver); - if (rc) - destroy_workqueue(drv->event_queue); + if (rc) { + if (drv->event) { + destroy_workqueue(drv->event_queue); + drv->event_queue = NULL; + } + } return rc; }; _