diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
index abf2ffaed392270c97d14c7fdc2ab247e63a58e1..fcd327f49e8e3e5417575787b3113843a52b58e0 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int gic_irq_domain_translate(struct irq_domain *d,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (fwspec->fwnode->type == FWNODE_IRQCHIP) {
+	if (is_fwnode_irqchip(fwspec->fwnode)) {
 		if(fwspec->param_count != 2)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/irqdomain.h b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
index a06fedacd9557f9065b6ee849e0ad7669623d449..d72fabc04437bd54ecb3cdb0e62b2f1ce0dcb62f 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqdomain.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ static inline struct fwnode_handle *of_node_to_fwnode(struct device_node *node)
 	return node ? &node->fwnode : NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_fwnode_irqchip(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
+{
+	return fwnode && fwnode->type == FWNODE_IRQCHIP;
+}
+
 static inline struct irq_domain *irq_find_matching_host(struct device_node *node,
 							enum irq_domain_bus_token bus_token)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 22aa9612ef7ca98cd8796188a7021810cc86d05a..7f34d98ebfc45742e7c21d53dd0727fe6652aedf 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void irq_domain_free_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
 	struct irqchip_fwid *fwid;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(fwnode->type != FWNODE_IRQCHIP))
+	if (WARN_ON(!is_fwnode_irqchip(fwnode)))
 		return;
 
 	fwid = container_of(fwnode, struct irqchip_fwid, fwnode);