diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index f20d6a789d484591e9fdb5642fa893c233c2b9b0..0c8b64a16484721308587c7a6b635344a9144a1e 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t has_write_perm,
 	int ret, rw;
 	unsigned int dxfer_len;
 	void *dxferp = NULL;
+	struct bsg_class_device *bcd = &q->bsg_dev;
+
+	/* if the LLD has been removed then the bsg_unregister_queue will
+	 * eventually be called and the class_dev was freed, so we can no
+	 * longer use this request_queue. Return no such address.
+	 */
+	if (!bcd->class_dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
 
 	dprintk("map hdr %llx/%u %llx/%u\n", (unsigned long long) hdr->dout_xferp,
 		hdr->dout_xfer_len, (unsigned long long) hdr->din_xferp,