Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue:

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+11c342e5e30e9539cabd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

Tested on:

commit:         60ec7fcf qlcnic: potential dereference null pointer of..
git tree:       git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git master
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=fa556098924b78f0
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=11c342e5e30e9539cabd
compiler:       gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2
patch:          https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=1412bd93b00000

Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.