diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b8550efcedda..63da04ae0df3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 130b958a5dbf0fca361beef5713715a2eba6529f
+refs/heads/master: 980ead3180233d09ad37aacd803059b3142c7863
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index 77163bad75f9..c5ff26a2a51d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -537,10 +537,15 @@ _scsih_sas_device_remove(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!sas_device)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_device_lock, flags);
-	list_del(&sas_device->list);
-	memset(sas_device, 0, sizeof(struct _sas_device));
-	kfree(sas_device);
+	if (mpt2sas_scsih_sas_device_find_by_sas_address(ioc,
+	    sas_device->sas_address)) {
+		list_del(&sas_device->list);
+		kfree(sas_device);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->sas_device_lock, flags);
 }