diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
index b2905f01b7df3a664e210e99f18479a300ff82ed..6dcd5374d9b4d3b4c0aa60ad15c42428e2d90842 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
@@ -1388,10 +1388,15 @@ static struct iwl_rx_mem_buffer *iwl_pcie_get_rxb(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 static void iwl_pcie_rx_handle(struct iwl_trans *trans, int queue)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
-	struct iwl_rxq *rxq = &trans_pcie->rxq[queue];
+	struct iwl_rxq *rxq;
 	u32 r, i, count = 0;
 	bool emergency = false;
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!trans_pcie->rxq || !trans_pcie->rxq[queue].bd))
+		return;
+
+	rxq = &trans_pcie->rxq[queue];
+
 restart:
 	spin_lock(&rxq->lock);
 	/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx