diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
index fa095851f214cffe2bb64eea8bce3e089c291a6b..7eaf992775ae7e0e23d748685b7658e2121e65b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,9 @@ void lbs_remove_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
 	lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_MAIN);
 
 	lbs_remove_mesh(priv);
-	lbs_scan_deinit(priv);
+
+	if (priv->wiphy_registered)
+		lbs_scan_deinit(priv);
 
 	/* worker thread destruction blocks on the in-flight command which
 	 * should have been cleared already in lbs_stop_card().
@@ -1128,6 +1130,11 @@ void lbs_stop_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
 		goto out;
 	dev = priv->dev;
 
+	/* If the netdev isn't registered, it means that lbs_start_card() was
+	 * never called so we have nothing to do here. */
+	if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		goto out;
+
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);