diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
index 598ac9ead64b72bb7c90f32279abfce083e6185f..6df543e083fb34d503a803fa2f533d9a430db124 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
@@ -743,6 +743,9 @@ bool smc_ib_is_sg_need_sync(struct smc_link *lnk,
 	unsigned int i;
 	bool ret = false;
 
+	if (!lnk->smcibdev->ibdev->dma_device)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* for now there is just one DMA address */
 	for_each_sg(buf_slot->sgt[lnk->link_idx].sgl, sg,
 		    buf_slot->sgt[lnk->link_idx].nents, i) {