diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aer_inject.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aer_inject.c
index 797d47809f7a417b7c4b447b75d5757ef5c098b1..dd7155a037e708a4dbcf414d5101ac17c4344ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aer_inject.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aer_inject.c
@@ -413,8 +413,14 @@ static int aer_inject(struct aer_error_inj *einj)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put;
 
-	if (find_aer_device(rpdev, &edev))
+	if (find_aer_device(rpdev, &edev)) {
+		if (!get_service_data(edev)) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "AER service is not initialized\n");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_put;
+		}
 		aer_irq(-1, edev);
+	}
 	else
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 out_put: