diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index a2551bc..ea967df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -18122,14 +18122,14 @@
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 
-	/* We needn't recover from permanent error */
-	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen)
-		tp->pcierr_recovery = true;
-
 	/* We probably don't have netdev yet */
 	if (!netdev || !netif_running(netdev))
 		goto done;
 
+	/* We needn't recover from permanent error */
+	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen)
+		tp->pcierr_recovery = true;
+
 	tg3_phy_stop(tp);
 
 	tg3_netif_stop(tp);
@@ -18226,7 +18226,7 @@
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 
-	if (!netif_running(netdev))
+	if (!netdev || !netif_running(netdev))
 		goto done;
 
 	tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);