diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index d7f0f1b1ae3e3d18b404c29dbe8ccb332b9f9a02..dc72690ed5dbe5d140dd3348f2e408e57c7a7fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4919,10 +4919,11 @@ struct ata_queued_cmd *ata_qc_new_init(struct ata_device *dev)
  */
 void ata_qc_free(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
+	struct ata_port *ap;
 	unsigned int tag;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(qc == NULL); /* ata_qc_from_tag _might_ return NULL */
+	ap = qc->ap;
 
 	qc->flags = 0;
 	tag = qc->tag;
@@ -4934,11 +4935,13 @@ void ata_qc_free(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 
 void __ata_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
-	struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
+	struct ata_port *ap;
+	struct ata_link *link;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(qc == NULL); /* ata_qc_from_tag _might_ return NULL */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE));
+	ap = qc->ap;
+	link = qc->dev->link;
 
 	if (likely(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP))
 		ata_sg_clean(qc);