diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 4254b6f310aaabeb970c6a4214dfca4311f1b9ff..d15b149649bf9d8122751ebc8f4eeb6060e9e47c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -2042,7 +2042,9 @@ static int __devinit omap_hsmmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_alloc:
 	omap_hsmmc_gpio_free(pdata);
 err:
-	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (res)
+		release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	return ret;
 }