}
 
 static void handle_b_interrupt(struct comedi_device *dev,
+                              struct comedi_subdevice *s,
                               unsigned short b_status,
                               unsigned int ao_mite_status)
 {
-       struct comedi_subdevice *s = dev->write_subdev;
-
        if (b_status == 0xffff)
                return;
        if (b_status & NISTC_AO_STATUS1_OVERRUN) {
 static irqreturn_t ni_E_interrupt(int irq, void *d)
 {
        struct comedi_device *dev = d;
+       struct comedi_subdevice *s_ao = dev->write_subdev;
        unsigned short a_status;
        unsigned short b_status;
        unsigned int ai_mite_status = 0;
                        ai_mite_status = mite_ack_linkc(devpriv->ai_mite_chan,
                                                        dev->read_subdev);
 
-               if (devpriv->ao_mite_chan) {
+               if (s_ao && devpriv->ao_mite_chan) {
                        ao_mite_status = mite_ack_linkc(devpriv->ao_mite_chan,
-                                                       dev->write_subdev);
+                                                       s_ao);
                        if (ao_mite_status & CHSR_LINKC)
-                               mite_sync_dma(devpriv->ao_mite_chan,
-                                             dev->write_subdev);
+                               mite_sync_dma(devpriv->ao_mite_chan, s_ao);
                }
 
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devpriv->mite_channel_lock, flags_too);
        ack_b_interrupt(dev, b_status);
        if ((a_status & NISTC_AI_STATUS1_INTA) || (ai_mite_status & CHSR_INT))
                handle_a_interrupt(dev, a_status, ai_mite_status);
-       if ((b_status & NISTC_AO_STATUS1_INTB) || (ao_mite_status & CHSR_INT))
-               handle_b_interrupt(dev, b_status, ao_mite_status);
+       if (s_ao &&
+           ((b_status & NISTC_AO_STATUS1_INTB) || (ao_mite_status & CHSR_INT)))
+               handle_b_interrupt(dev, s_ao, b_status, ao_mite_status);
        handle_gpct_interrupt(dev, 0);
        handle_gpct_interrupt(dev, 1);
 #ifdef PCIDMA