diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
index 988b2424e1c6085f0486569e79ca121b19c3fa44..69ba57270481c1dc9e5b5a0ea828c209ad38ffac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -136,13 +136,12 @@ static void mlx4_en_event(struct mlx4_dev *dev, void *endev_ptr,
 	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = (struct mlx4_en_dev *) endev_ptr;
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv;
 
-	if (!mdev->pndev[port])
-		return;
-
-	priv = netdev_priv(mdev->pndev[port]);
 	switch (event) {
 	case MLX4_DEV_EVENT_PORT_UP:
 	case MLX4_DEV_EVENT_PORT_DOWN:
+		if (!mdev->pndev[port])
+			return;
+		priv = netdev_priv(mdev->pndev[port]);
 		/* To prevent races, we poll the link state in a separate
 		  task rather than changing it here */
 		priv->link_state = event;
@@ -154,7 +153,10 @@ static void mlx4_en_event(struct mlx4_dev *dev, void *endev_ptr,
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		mlx4_warn(mdev, "Unhandled event: %d\n", event);
+		if (port < 1 || port > dev->caps.num_ports ||
+		    !mdev->pndev[port])
+			return;
+		mlx4_warn(mdev, "Unhandled event %d for port %d\n", event, port);
 	}
 }