diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c
index e85bb53a3289b46eaa9bd03978a0dc9c4f80d2e9..78288ed75281eff6a4710ca28dca85108f9514d3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ void cc_unmap_blkcipher_request(struct device *dev, void *ctx,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	}
 	/* Release pool */
-	if (req_ctx->dma_buf_type == CC_DMA_BUF_MLLI) {
+	if (req_ctx->dma_buf_type == CC_DMA_BUF_MLLI &&
+	    req_ctx->mlli_params.mlli_virt_addr) {
 		dma_pool_free(req_ctx->mlli_params.curr_pool,
 			      req_ctx->mlli_params.mlli_virt_addr,
 			      req_ctx->mlli_params.mlli_dma_addr);