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-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c
index 376f6c0265c0..3aebd01e07fd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c
@@ -2357,6 +2357,11 @@ lpfc_nvme_register_port(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
rpinfo.dev_loss_tmo = vport->cfg_devloss_tmo;
spin_lock_irq(&ndlp->lock);
+
+ /* If an oldrport exists, so does the ndlp reference. If not
+ * a new reference is needed because either the node has never
+ * been registered or it's been unregistered and getting deleted.
+ */
oldrport = lpfc_ndlp_get_nrport(ndlp);
if (oldrport) {
prev_ndlp = oldrport->ndlp;