diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
index 22c481f2ae4f..2a35b99cf628 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_buffer_page(struct ion_system_heap *heap,
 
 	page = ion_page_pool_alloc(pool);
 
-	if (cached)
+	if (page && cached)
 		ion_pages_sync_for_device(NULL, page, PAGE_SIZE << order,
 					  DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	return page;