diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index cbd919d4edd27e17b7ad8fe39444351f2dd23ec7..c16200c88417b151c8751d050aa60633b8d7bc1b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ int v4l2_async_notifier_register(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev,
 	struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!notifier->num_subdevs || notifier->num_subdevs > V4L2_MAX_SUBDEVS)
+	if (!v4l2_dev || !notifier->num_subdevs ||
+	    notifier->num_subdevs > V4L2_MAX_SUBDEVS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	notifier->v4l2_dev = v4l2_dev;