diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ae6c571989f8..cff8164c52fa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9df7b25ab71cee770826d1e7983eb8b6715543d6
+refs/heads/master: de2b3eeafb555d7b623c9f34e399b39105ca527f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 3b7fa7967221..12c264d3b058 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -465,8 +465,9 @@ static int vfio_dev_viable(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct vfio_group *group = data;
 	struct vfio_device *device;
+	struct device_driver *drv = ACCESS_ONCE(dev->driver);
 
-	if (!dev->driver || vfio_whitelisted_driver(dev->driver))
+	if (!drv || vfio_whitelisted_driver(drv))
 		return 0;
 
 	device = vfio_group_get_device(group, dev);