diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 40dc96e431dc..7b6a77b36ee0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 603bf524aa4cba95e4fcd64dbfffc41f804c65ab
+refs/heads/master: e26e7545e9542425f140cb4c605a7ab5a3b13e00
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c b/trunk/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
index 9faeaefc8e6e..abc83fa85bcd 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
@@ -2186,6 +2186,8 @@ static void snd_ac97_powerdown(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
  */
 void snd_ac97_suspend(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
 {
+	if (! ac97)
+		return;
 	if (ac97->build_ops->suspend)
 		ac97->build_ops->suspend(ac97);
 	snd_ac97_powerdown(ac97);
@@ -2242,6 +2244,9 @@ void snd_ac97_resume(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
 {
 	unsigned long end_time;
 
+	if (! ac97)
+		return;
+
 	if (ac97->bus->ops->reset) {
 		ac97->bus->ops->reset(ac97);
 		goto  __reset_ready;