/* listen worker: decline and fall back if possible */
 static void smc_listen_decline(struct smc_sock *new_smc, int reason_code,
-                              struct smc_init_info *ini, u8 version)
+                              int local_first, u8 version)
 {
        /* RDMA setup failed, switch back to TCP */
-       if (ini->first_contact_local)
+       if (local_first)
                smc_lgr_cleanup_early(&new_smc->conn);
        else
                smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&smc_server_lgr_pending);
 out_decl:
-       smc_listen_decline(new_smc, rc, ini, version);
+       smc_listen_decline(new_smc, rc, ini ? ini->first_contact_local : 0,
+                          version);
 out_free:
        kfree(ini);
        kfree(buf);