diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index c12cfa4113ccef6e3e3f4a8dfa73de05d132d30a..a3c7b999e526d3275c1b0b03bfb49358e44bd1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ static int liquidio_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	/* force enable interrupt if reg cnts are high to avoid wraparound */
 	if ((work_done < budget && tx_done) ||
-	    (iq->pkt_in_done >= MAX_REG_CNT) ||
+	    (iq && iq->pkt_in_done >= MAX_REG_CNT) ||
 	    (droq->pkt_count >= MAX_REG_CNT)) {
 		tx_done = 1;
 		napi_complete_done(napi, work_done);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 631f1c0f9e4d09cfbca813cda9201754b0619735..0536cb9f6182eaae33ce6f42cdd84f8aed4fcf6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static int liquidio_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	/* force enable interrupt if reg cnts are high to avoid wraparound */
 	if ((work_done < budget && tx_done) ||
-	    (iq->pkt_in_done >= MAX_REG_CNT) ||
+	    (iq && iq->pkt_in_done >= MAX_REG_CNT) ||
 	    (droq->pkt_count >= MAX_REG_CNT)) {
 		tx_done = 1;
 		napi_complete_done(napi, work_done);