diff --git a/net/smc/smc_diag.c b/net/smc/smc_diag.c
index 52f7c4f1e7670d..5a33908015f3e3 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_diag.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_diag.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int __smc_diag_dump(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	if (smc_conn_lgr_valid(&smc->conn) && smc->conn.lgr->is_smcd &&
 	    (req->diag_ext & (1 << (SMC_DIAG_DMBINFO - 1))) &&
-	    !list_empty(&smc->conn.lgr->list)) {
+	    !list_empty(&smc->conn.lgr->list) && smc->conn.rmb_desc) {
 		struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
 		struct smcd_diag_dmbinfo dinfo;
 		struct smcd_dev *smcd = conn->lgr->smcd;