diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index cd6c410f..adaa54c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 	if (task == NULL)
 		goto out_release;
 	req = task->tk_rqstp;
+	if (req == NULL)
+		goto out_release;
 	if (req->rq_bytes_sent == 0)
 		goto out_release;
 	if (req->rq_bytes_sent == req->rq_snd_buf.len)