diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
index d14c50a602894c4ad8aa76f2259839552aff2f6a..1ce414d86d8a422969719aa755692a8c20ca11b4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-nhlt.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ struct nhlt_acpi_table *skl_nhlt_init(struct device *dev)
 	obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm(handle, &osc_guid, 1, 1, NULL);
 	if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
 		nhlt_ptr = (struct nhlt_resource_desc  *)obj->buffer.pointer;
-		nhlt_table = (struct nhlt_acpi_table *)
+		if (nhlt_ptr->length)
+			nhlt_table = (struct nhlt_acpi_table *)
 				memremap(nhlt_ptr->min_addr, nhlt_ptr->length,
 				MEMREMAP_WB);
 		ACPI_FREE(obj);