diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 4e08d1cd704d..84fa4c46eaa6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3268,8 +3268,8 @@ static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!sdkp)
-		return 0;	/* this can happen */
+	if (!sdkp)	/* E.g.: runtime suspend following sd_remove() */
+		return 0;
 
 	if (sdkp->WCE && sdkp->media_present) {
 		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n");
@@ -3308,6 +3308,9 @@ static int sd_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	if (!sdkp)	/* E.g.: runtime resume at the start of sd_probe() */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!sdkp->device->manage_start_stop)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 8bd54a64efd6..64c867405ad4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ static int sr_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct scsi_cd *cd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	if (!cd)	/* E.g.: runtime suspend following sr_remove() */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (cd->media_present)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	else
@@ -985,6 +988,7 @@ static int sr_remove(struct device *dev)
 	scsi_autopm_get_device(cd->device);
 
 	del_gendisk(cd->disk);
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 
 	mutex_lock(&sr_ref_mutex);
 	kref_put(&cd->kref, sr_kref_release);