diff --git a/iscsi-scst/kernel/conn.c b/iscsi-scst/kernel/conn.c
index 33e138ec0..e713a1e43 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/kernel/conn.c
+++ b/iscsi-scst/kernel/conn.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,8 @@ void iscsi_extracheck_is_rd_thread(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 			local_bh_enable();
 		pr_emerg("rd_state %x\n", conn->rd_state);
 		pr_emerg("rd_task %p\n", conn->rd_task);
-		pr_emerg("rd_task->pid %d\n", conn->rd_task->pid);
+		if (conn->rd_task)
+		    pr_emerg("rd_task->pid %d\n", conn->rd_task->pid);
 		BUG();
 	}
 }