net/nfp: fix dangling pointer on probe failure

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / nfp / nfp_net.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
index bce4d96..2460ee1 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
@@ -3451,9 +3451,10 @@ nfp_pf_create_dev(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int port, int ports,
 probe_failed:
        rte_free(port_name);
        /* free ports private data if primary process */
-       if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+       if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
                rte_free(eth_dev->data->dev_private);
-
+               eth_dev->data->dev_private = NULL;
+       }
        rte_eth_dev_release_port(eth_dev);
 
        return retval;