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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index ea89dca3dbb5..01a1f6badb53 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ static void setup_xaction_handlers(struct smi_info *smi_info)
static inline void wait_for_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
{
- if (smi_info->thread != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM))
+ if (smi_info->thread != NULL && smi_info->thread != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM))
kthread_stop(smi_info->thread);
del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
}