diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 490f79c82bf102ba1d5d4bbb7ff0dfff41cad3c1..8b442eb010a2fb51d0d6204c44e291325e62b811 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -320,19 +320,21 @@ static void ionic_qcqs_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		lif->adminqcq = NULL;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-		if (lif->rxqcqs[i].stats)
-			devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs[i].stats);
-
-	devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs);
-	lif->rxqcqs = NULL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-		if (lif->txqcqs[i].stats)
-			devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs[i].stats);
+	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
+			if (lif->rxqcqs[i].stats)
+				devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs[i].stats);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs);
+		lif->rxqcqs = NULL;
+	}
 
-	devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs);
-	lif->txqcqs = NULL;
+	if (lif->txqcqs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
+			if (lif->txqcqs[i].stats)
+				devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs[i].stats);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs);
+		lif->txqcqs = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static void ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(struct ionic_qcq *src_qcq,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index a0dc100b12e69efae32f631d30d1f8a31272b395..c16dbbe54bf76889cda9edbcd39a82844d7fa0d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -243,11 +243,16 @@ static void ionic_adminq_cb(struct ionic_queue *q,
 
 static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	struct ionic_queue *adminq = &lif->adminqcq->q;
+	struct ionic_queue *adminq;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
 
+	if (!lif->adminqcq)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	adminq = &lif->adminqcq->q;
+
 	spin_lock(&lif->adminq_lock);
 	if (!ionic_q_has_space(adminq, 1)) {
 		err = -ENOSPC;