diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
index 43268f15004e..6d422979ebaf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-pci.h
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ static inline const char *eeh_pci_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return pdev ? pci_name(pdev) : "<null>";
 } 
 
+static inline const char *eeh_driver_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	return (pdev && pdev->driver) ? pdev->driver->name : "<null>";
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_EEH */
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PCI */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
index 565869022e3d..c0b40af4ce4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ int eeh_dn_check_failure(struct device_node *dn, struct pci_dev *dev)
 			printk (KERN_ERR "EEH: %d reads ignored for recovering device at "
 				"location=%s driver=%s pci addr=%s\n",
 				pdn->eeh_check_count, location,
-				dev->driver->name, eeh_pci_name(dev));
+				eeh_driver_name(dev), eeh_pci_name(dev));
 			printk (KERN_ERR "EEH: Might be infinite loop in %s driver\n",
-				dev->driver->name);
+				eeh_driver_name(dev));
 			dump_stack();
 		}
 		goto dn_unlock;