}
 
        if (was_valid && !valid) {
-               printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: No longer connected to "
-                      SC_NODEF_FMT "\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(old_sc));
+               if (old_sc)
+                       printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: No longer connected to "
+                               SC_NODEF_FMT "\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(old_sc));
                o2net_complete_nodes_nsw(nn);
        }
 
                ret = 0;
 
 out:
-       if (ret) {
+       if (ret && sc) {
                printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2net: Connect attempt to " SC_NODEF_FMT
                       " failed with errno %d\n", SC_NODEF_ARGS(sc), ret);
                /* 0 err so that another will be queued and attempted
                 * from set_nn_state */
-               if (sc)
-                       o2net_ensure_shutdown(nn, sc, 0);
+               o2net_ensure_shutdown(nn, sc, 0);
        }
        if (sc)
                sc_put(sc);