diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
index 8d86f618ec77..3b3236ddbdfe 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ static int vsp1_du_pipeline_setup_inputs(struct vsp1_device *vsp1,
 	 * make sure it is present in the pipeline's list of entities if it
 	 * wasn't already.
 	 */
-	if (!use_uif) {
+	if (drm_pipe->uif && !use_uif) {
 		drm_pipe->uif->pipe = NULL;
-	} else if (!drm_pipe->uif->pipe) {
+	} else if (drm_pipe->uif && !drm_pipe->uif->pipe) {
 		drm_pipe->uif->pipe = pipe;
 		list_add_tail(&drm_pipe->uif->list_pipe, &pipe->entities);
 	}