diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
index 74195d772f5a7a159f61ccfabf7799e0f4130510..3482314185655f19287dd9453396a6e00b9ae654 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ u8 sdio_readb(struct sdio_func *func, unsigned int addr, int *err_ret)
 	u8 val;
 
 	if (!func) {
-		*err_ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (err_ret)
+			*err_ret = -EINVAL;
 		return 0xFF;
 	}
 
@@ -407,7 +408,8 @@ void sdio_writeb(struct sdio_func *func, u8 b, unsigned int addr, int *err_ret)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!func) {
-		*err_ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (err_ret)
+			*err_ret = -EINVAL;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -635,7 +637,8 @@ unsigned char sdio_f0_readb(struct sdio_func *func, unsigned int addr,
 	unsigned char val;
 
 	if (!func) {
-		*err_ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (err_ret)
+			*err_ret = -EINVAL;
 		return 0xFF;
 	}
 
@@ -673,7 +676,8 @@ void sdio_f0_writeb(struct sdio_func *func, unsigned char b, unsigned int addr,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!func) {
-		*err_ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (err_ret)
+			*err_ret = -EINVAL;
 		return;
 	}