diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 51f42061dae9de4d375795e89e5a95b28bbc0405..6cfd4d8fd0bd8e240dd1311698a2cf603fcfed15 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -1361,11 +1361,11 @@ static int abort_rpl(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct tid_info *t = dev->rdev.lldi.tids;
 
 	ep = lookup_tid(t, tid);
-	PDBG("%s ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep, ep->hwtid);
 	if (!ep) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING MOD "Abort rpl to freed endpoint\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
+	PDBG("%s ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep, ep->hwtid);
 	mutex_lock(&ep->com.mutex);
 	switch (ep->com.state) {
 	case ABORTING: