diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 69102fda9ebd..2879da028bc4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static int ioctl_standard_iw_point(struct iw_point *iwp, unsigned int cmd,
 int call_commit_handler(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
-       if ((netif_running(dev)) &&
+       if ((netif_running(dev)) && dev->wireless_handlers
           (dev->wireless_handlers->standard[0] != NULL))
                /* Call the commit handler on the driver */
                return dev->wireless_handlers->standard[0](dev, NULL,