diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 95910c9b477..4169c8baa11 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -1207,6 +1207,9 @@ qla4xxx_conn_create(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_sess, uint32_t conn_idx)
 	DEBUG2(printk(KERN_INFO "Func: %s\n", __func__));
 	cls_conn = iscsi_conn_setup(cls_sess, sizeof(struct qla_conn),
 				    conn_idx);
+	if (!cls_conn)
+		return NULL;
+
 	sess = cls_sess->dd_data;
 	ddb_entry = sess->dd_data;
 	ddb_entry->conn = cls_conn;