diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
index 6a84b82d71bb..ff93286bc32f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
@@ -705,6 +705,11 @@ mpt3sas_transport_port_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle,
 		goto out_fail;
 	}
 
+	if (!sas_node->parent_dev) {
+		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		goto out_fail;
+	}
 	port = sas_port_alloc_num(sas_node->parent_dev);
 	if ((sas_port_add(port))) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",