diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index f3f6d167f3f1f015fec8e36ede66b7e8e274338f..37a7bb7b239d06fbe285c553dbe470375e4ad877 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
  */
 void device_add_property_set(struct device *dev, struct property_set *pset)
 {
-	if (pset)
-		pset->fwnode.type = FWNODE_PDATA;
+	if (!pset)
+		return;
 
+	pset->fwnode.type = FWNODE_PDATA;
 	set_secondary_fwnode(dev, &pset->fwnode);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_add_property_set);