diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f287f662f38..debd8340fbf7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0b84b7094e87769120def1e703b8b4d037281038
+refs/heads/master: 0f980a871678b7ec143fcb45b31bf9234e4585c8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
index 4279b5e8808a..3fc396fc050d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
@@ -1873,11 +1873,11 @@ int mvs_slot_complete(struct mvs_info *mvi, u32 rx_desc, u32 flags)
 	}
 
 out:
-	if (mvi_dev)
+	if (mvi_dev) {
 		mvi_dev->runing_req--;
-	if (sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
-		mvs_free_reg_set(mvi, mvi_dev);
-
+		if (sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
+			mvs_free_reg_set(mvi, mvi_dev);
+	}
 	mvs_slot_task_free(mvi, task, slot, slot_idx);
 	sts = tstat->stat;