diff --git a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
index 3e1862326c886cc0c0a3798fa87a9427c6234ed6..161559315c0e2ef0a68bc5404e799dc58124f9e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ int ehea_destroy_cq(struct ehea_cq *cq)
 {
 	u64 adapter_handle, hret;
 
-	adapter_handle = cq->adapter->handle;
-
 	if (!cq)
 		return 0;
 
+	adapter_handle = cq->adapter->handle;
+
 	/* deregister all previous registered pages */
 	hret = ehea_h_free_resource(adapter_handle, cq->fw_handle);
 	if (hret != H_SUCCESS) {