diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
index 40f32bb239723a4132ace21a777838fd0a8b1130..acaeebd504657c863bd6af629099c3cf8f171879 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
@@ -1617,9 +1617,9 @@ ahd_send_async(struct ahd_softc *ahd, char channel,
 		 * are identical to those last reported.
 		 */
 		starget = ahd->platform_data->starget[target];
-		targ = scsi_transport_target_data(starget);
-		if (targ == NULL)
+		if (starget == NULL)
 			break;
+		targ = scsi_transport_target_data(starget);
 
 		target_ppr_options =
 			(spi_dt(starget) ? MSG_EXT_PPR_DT_REQ : 0)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
index e39361ac6a44c7b0c280e21dce519b5099bea4ca..3fbc10e58cc2d22f1b2c602aad8324e0c4fefa2f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
@@ -1618,9 +1618,9 @@ ahc_send_async(struct ahc_softc *ahc, char channel,
 		if (channel == 'B')
 			target_offset += 8;
 		starget = ahc->platform_data->starget[target_offset];
-		targ = scsi_transport_target_data(starget);
-		if (targ == NULL)
+		if (starget == NULL)
 			break;
+		targ = scsi_transport_target_data(starget);
 
 		target_ppr_options =
 			(spi_dt(starget) ? MSG_EXT_PPR_DT_REQ : 0)