diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
index 50c5c1e9e77b..88f049996f72 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 		return 0;
 
 	dev = dmaengine_dma_dev(pcm, substream);
-	if (dev->of_node) {
+	if (dev && dev->of_node) {
 		ret = of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node,
 					    "rockchip,force-iram");
 		if (ret)