diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index d644dc6..d04a3c2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -543,8 +543,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (was_valid && !valid) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: No longer connected to "
-		       SC_NODEF_FMT "\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(old_sc));
+		if (old_sc)
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: No longer connected to "
+				SC_NODEF_FMT "\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(old_sc));
 		o2net_complete_nodes_nsw(nn);
 	}
 
@@ -1695,13 +1696,12 @@
 		ret = 0;
 
 out:
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret && sc) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: Connect attempt to " SC_NODEF_FMT
 		       " failed with errno %d\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(sc), ret);
 		/* 0 err so that another will be queued and attempted
 		 * from set_nn_state */
-		if (sc)
-			o2net_ensure_shutdown(nn, sc, 0);
+		o2net_ensure_shutdown(nn, sc, 0);
 	}
 	if (sc)
 		sc_put(sc);