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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hvsi.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
index 41db8060e8f7..54cbb58b8740 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ static void hvsi_recv_control(struct hvsi_struct *hp, uint8_t *packet,
/* CD went away; no more connection */
pr_debug("hvsi%i: CD dropped\n", hp->index);
hp->mctrl &= TIOCM_CD;
- if (!(hp->tty->flags & CLOCAL))
+ /* If userland hasn't done an open(2) yet, hp->tty is NULL. */
+ if (hp->tty && !(hp->tty->flags & CLOCAL))
*to_hangup = hp->tty;
}
break;