diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c index 76d9da49fda75..671bb454f1649 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -1794,8 +1794,10 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor) if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER)) { md->dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name, &dm_dax_ops, 0); - if (IS_ERR(md->dax_dev)) + if (IS_ERR(md->dax_dev)) { + md->dax_dev = NULL; goto bad; + } } format_dev_t(md->name, MKDEV(_major, minor));