diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 06c3364102350e7f90d3a357bfdfc54b728f724f..762c9a7cbfa679ac492748bd13506c2c9e622fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static void nvme_nvm_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd = rq->end_io_data;
 	struct nvm_dev *dev = rqd->dev;
 
-	if (dev->mt->end_io(rqd, error))
+	if (dev->mt && dev->mt->end_io(rqd, error))
 		pr_err("nvme: err status: %x result: %lx\n",
 				rq->errors, (unsigned long)rq->special);