diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
index d68dc697a4a06ef2b9c786de0fc98f3e5fe35544..26f076e821491e09d7805c5f37d229d01480229c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ int iwl_mvm_set_sta_key(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	bool mcast = !(keyconf->flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE);
 	u8 sta_id;
 	int ret;
+	static const u8 __maybe_unused zero_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0};
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ int iwl_mvm_set_sta_key(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 end:
 	IWL_DEBUG_WEP(mvm, "key: cipher=%x len=%d idx=%d sta=%pM ret=%d\n",
 		      keyconf->cipher, keyconf->keylen, keyconf->keyidx,
-		      sta->addr, ret);
+		      sta ? sta->addr : zero_addr, ret);
 	return ret;
 }