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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
index 83e0c95d2..5acbf384f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
@@ -169,10 +169,16 @@ static int vmci_host_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
static __poll_t vmci_host_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
{
struct vmci_host_dev *vmci_host_dev = filp->private_data;
- struct vmci_ctx *context = vmci_host_dev->context;
+ struct vmci_ctx *context;
__poll_t mask = 0;
if (vmci_host_dev->ct_type == VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT) {
+ /*
+ * Read context only if ct_type == VMCIOBJ_CONTEXT to make
+ * sure that context is initialized
+ */
+ context = vmci_host_dev->context;
+
/* Check for VMCI calls to this VM context. */
if (wait)
poll_wait(filp, &context->host_context.wait_queue,