diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f8ce24c5999..d5d2fea9cab0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f0c29583db51104a7bc223b1e9c88d818f24ba4d
+refs/heads/master: 99aa36386351488d12ad5d302e096a77f22705d9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
index 641b5450a0db..e8e652710e65 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
@@ -218,9 +218,13 @@ processor_get_max_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 			unsigned long *state)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *device = cdev->devdata;
-	struct acpi_processor *pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 
-	if (!device || !pr)
+	if (!device)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	if (!pr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*state = acpi_processor_max_state(pr);
@@ -232,9 +236,13 @@ processor_get_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 			unsigned long *cur_state)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *device = cdev->devdata;
-	struct acpi_processor *pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 
-	if (!device || !pr)
+	if (!device)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	if (!pr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*cur_state = cpufreq_get_cur_state(pr->id);
@@ -248,11 +256,15 @@ processor_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 			unsigned long state)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *device = cdev->devdata;
-	struct acpi_processor *pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 	int result = 0;
 	int max_pstate;
 
-	if (!device || !pr)
+	if (!device)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	if (!pr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	max_pstate = cpufreq_get_max_state(pr->id);