diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
index 6d7840b096e6f0899823e99d98e12153683e4f07..62571fa9c6adf133735e978c7595219e839a266e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
@@ -1228,7 +1228,11 @@ lpfc_sli_read_hs(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 static inline struct lpfc_sli_ring *
 lpfc_phba_elsring(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 {
-	if (phba->sli_rev == LPFC_SLI_REV4)
-		return phba->sli4_hba.els_wq->pring;
+	if (phba->sli_rev == LPFC_SLI_REV4) {
+		if (phba->sli4_hba.els_wq)
+			return phba->sli4_hba.els_wq->pring;
+		else
+			return NULL;
+	}
 	return &phba->sli.sli3_ring[LPFC_ELS_RING];
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index 0482c558033104d3a44f75290750e1acdc3ee0d9..dcc9b38587782a68003bf7562e2f0f8bcf6b296a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@ lpfc_work_done(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	pring = lpfc_phba_elsring(phba);
 	status = (ha_copy & (HA_RXMASK  << (4*LPFC_ELS_RING)));
 	status >>= (4*LPFC_ELS_RING);
-	if ((status & HA_RXMASK) ||
-	    (pring->flag & LPFC_DEFERRED_RING_EVENT) ||
-	    (phba->hba_flag & HBA_SP_QUEUE_EVT)) {
+	if (pring && (status & HA_RXMASK ||
+		      pring->flag & LPFC_DEFERRED_RING_EVENT ||
+		      phba->hba_flag & HBA_SP_QUEUE_EVT)) {
 		if (pring->flag & LPFC_STOP_IOCB_EVENT) {
 			pring->flag |= LPFC_DEFERRED_RING_EVENT;
 			/* Set the lpfc data pending flag */