diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
index 7020b2e6d158ae7771e4af0acd3d9462eefe86dd..a7c3464976f2436133cbe729a2a1ef507c72c926 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	if (!notifier->max_subdevs)
+	if (!notifier || !notifier->max_subdevs)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < notifier->num_subdevs; i++) {