diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
index 6c9c8d92f8f7..480489f5644e 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
@@ -932,11 +932,21 @@ static void cxl_handle_rdport_errors(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds) { }
 void cxl_cor_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct device *dev = &cxlds->cxlmd->dev;
 
-	if (cxlds->rcd)
-		cxl_handle_rdport_errors(cxlds);
+	scoped_guard(device, dev) {
+		if (!dev->driver) {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+				 "%s: memdev disabled, abort error handling\n",
+				 dev_name(dev));
+			return;
+		}
 
-	cxl_handle_endpoint_cor_ras(cxlds);
+		if (cxlds->rcd)
+			cxl_handle_rdport_errors(cxlds);
+
+		cxl_handle_endpoint_cor_ras(cxlds);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_cor_error_detected, CXL);
 
@@ -948,16 +958,25 @@ pci_ers_result_t cxl_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct device *dev = &cxlmd->dev;
 	bool ue;
 
-	if (cxlds->rcd)
-		cxl_handle_rdport_errors(cxlds);
+	scoped_guard(device, dev) {
+		if (!dev->driver) {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+				 "%s: memdev disabled, abort error handling\n",
+				 dev_name(dev));
+			return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
+		}
+
+		if (cxlds->rcd)
+			cxl_handle_rdport_errors(cxlds);
+		/*
+		 * A frozen channel indicates an impending reset which is fatal to
+		 * CXL.mem operation, and will likely crash the system. On the off
+		 * chance the situation is recoverable dump the status of the RAS
+		 * capability registers and bounce the active state of the memdev.
+		 */
+		ue = cxl_handle_endpoint_ras(cxlds);
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * A frozen channel indicates an impending reset which is fatal to
-	 * CXL.mem operation, and will likely crash the system. On the off
-	 * chance the situation is recoverable dump the status of the RAS
-	 * capability registers and bounce the active state of the memdev.
-	 */
-	ue = cxl_handle_endpoint_ras(cxlds);
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case pci_channel_io_normal: