--- /dev/null
+From 46e33c606af8e0caeeca374103189663d877c0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:36:39 +0100
+Subject: ARM: 7326/2: PL330: fix null pointer dereference in pl330_chan_ctrl()
+
+From: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com>
+
+commit 46e33c606af8e0caeeca374103189663d877c0d6 upstream.
+
+This fixes the thrd->req_running field being accessed before thrd
+is checked for null. The error was introduced in
+
+ abb959f: ARM: 7237/1: PL330: Fix driver freeze
+
+Reference: <1326458191-23492-1-git-send-email-mans.rullgard@linaro.org>
+
+Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans.rullgard@linaro.org>
+Acked-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com>
+Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ arch/arm/common/pl330.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
++++ b/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
+@@ -1496,12 +1496,13 @@ int pl330_chan_ctrl(void *ch_id, enum pl
+ struct pl330_thread *thrd = ch_id;
+ struct pl330_dmac *pl330;
+ unsigned long flags;
+- int ret = 0, active = thrd->req_running;
++ int ret = 0, active;
+
+ if (!thrd || thrd->free || thrd->dmac->state == DYING)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ pl330 = thrd->dmac;
++ active = thrd->req_running;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
+