diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
index 301cc45c270df031e1080c23e96969c08088b7dc..2286d0f062aadaa54878f6e450e2965c99bd0ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
@@ -1957,9 +1957,9 @@ static pci_ers_result_t hns3_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (state == pci_channel_io_perm_failure)
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 
-	if (!ae_dev) {
+	if (!ae_dev || !ae_dev->ops) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"Can't recover - error happened during device init\n");
+			"Can't recover - error happened before device initialized\n");
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
 	}
 
@@ -1977,6 +1977,9 @@ static pci_ers_result_t hns3_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	enum hnae3_reset_type reset_type;
 
+	if (!ae_dev || !ae_dev->ops)
+		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
+
 	/* request the reset */
 	if (ae_dev->ops->reset_event) {
 		if (!ae_dev->override_pci_need_reset) {