diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 422d06035f06..4091766da792 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ddccf307a3599e452804e228d8ed30fba578923e
+refs/heads/master: c31558efcc45651d3e324ea861ee5934cafef8e2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c
index b89f476cd0a9..c63817117c0a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c
@@ -308,10 +308,11 @@ static void mptctl_timeout_expired (MPT_IOCTL *ioctl)
 {
 	int rc = 1;
 
-	dctlprintk(ioctl->ioc, printk(MYIOC_s_DEBUG_FMT ": Timeout Expired! Host %d\n",
-				ioctl->ioc->name, ioctl->ioc->id));
 	if (ioctl == NULL)
 		return;
+	dctlprintk(ioctl->ioc,
+		   printk(MYIOC_s_DEBUG_FMT ": Timeout Expired! Host %d\n",
+		   ioctl->ioc->name, ioctl->ioc->id));
 
 	ioctl->wait_done = 0;
 	if (ioctl->reset & MPTCTL_RESET_OK)