static gboolean
dequeue_or_steal (ThreadPool *tp, gpointer *data, MonoWSQ *local_wsq)
{
- if (mono_runtime_is_shutting_down ())
+ MonoCQ *queue = tp->queue;
+ if (mono_runtime_is_shutting_down () || !queue)
return FALSE;
- mono_cq_dequeue (tp->queue, (MonoObject **) data);
+ mono_cq_dequeue (queue, (MonoObject **) data);
if (!tp->is_io && !*data)
try_steal (local_wsq, data, FALSE);
return (*data != NULL);