---
 libmultipath/discovery.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Index: multipath-tools/libmultipath/discovery.c
===================================================================
--- multipath-tools.orig/libmultipath/discovery.c
+++ multipath-tools/libmultipath/discovery.c
@@ -859,6 +859,10 @@ get_state (struct path * pp, int daemon)
 			return PATH_PENDING;
 		checker_set_async(c);
 	}
+	if (!pp->sysdev) {
+		condlog(2, "%s: no sysfs information", pp->dev);
+		return PATH_DOWN;
+	}
 	if (!conf->checker_timeout)
 		sysfs_get_timeout(pp->sysdev, &(c->timeout));
 	state = checker_check(c);