diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index ca5ac5d6f4e6ca..49056c33be74d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -18142,14 +18142,14 @@ static pci_ers_result_t tg3_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 
-	/* We needn't recover from permanent error */
-	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen)
-		tp->pcierr_recovery = true;
-
 	/* We probably don't have netdev yet */
 	if (!netdev || !netif_running(netdev))
 		goto done;
 
+	/* We needn't recover from permanent error */
+	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen)
+		tp->pcierr_recovery = true;
+
 	tg3_phy_stop(tp);
 
 	tg3_netif_stop(tp);
@@ -18246,7 +18246,7 @@ static void tg3_io_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 
-	if (!netif_running(netdev))
+	if (!netdev || !netif_running(netdev))
 		goto done;
 
 	tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);