diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
index 7330eb9a70cf..c65c90ad626a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ static ssize_t rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change(struct kobject *kobj,
 	int offline = 0, online = 0, remove = 0;
 	struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps = rpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt_switch(kobj);
 
-	if (!xprt)
-		return 0;
+	if (!xprt || !xps) {
+		count = 0;
+		goto out_put;
+	}
 
 	if (!strncmp(buf, "offline", 7))
 		offline = 1;