diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index f5aa3311ea286bbd45d56933ad015e33f48d69fb..16e8e444c616cd4a312b5a19319446f6e1359482 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -8477,7 +8477,7 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 				     pci_select_bars(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM));
 err_pci_reg:
 err_dma:
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(__IXGBE_DISABLED, &adapter->state))
+	if (!adapter || !test_and_set_bit(__IXGBE_DISABLED, &adapter->state))
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	return err;
 }