diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 5afb3c9c52d2..d3a774331afc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ static int reset_rx_pools(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	int i, j, rc;
 	u64 *size_array;
 
+	if (!adapter->rx_pool)
+		return -1;
+
 	size_array = (u64 *)((u8 *)(adapter->login_rsp_buf) +
 		be32_to_cpu(adapter->login_rsp_buf->off_rxadd_buff_size));
 
@@ -649,6 +652,9 @@ static int reset_tx_pools(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	int tx_scrqs;
 	int i, rc;
 
+	if (!adapter->tx_pool)
+		return -1;
+
 	tx_scrqs = be32_to_cpu(adapter->login_rsp_buf->num_txsubm_subcrqs);
 	for (i = 0; i < tx_scrqs; i++) {
 		rc = reset_one_tx_pool(adapter, &adapter->tso_pool[i]);
@@ -2011,7 +2017,10 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		    adapter->req_rx_add_entries_per_subcrq !=
 		    old_num_rx_slots ||
 		    adapter->req_tx_entries_per_subcrq !=
-		    old_num_tx_slots) {
+		    old_num_tx_slots ||
+		    !adapter->rx_pool ||
+		    !adapter->tso_pool ||
+		    !adapter->tx_pool) {
 			release_rx_pools(adapter);
 			release_tx_pools(adapter);
 			release_napi(adapter);
@@ -2024,10 +2033,14 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		} else {
 			rc = reset_tx_pools(adapter);
 			if (rc)
+				netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "reset tx pools failed (%d)\n",
+						rc);
 				goto out;
 
 			rc = reset_rx_pools(adapter);
 			if (rc)
+				netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "reset rx pools failed (%d)\n",
+						rc);
 				goto out;
 		}
 		ibmvnic_disable_irqs(adapter);