diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
index a45293bfce5ac6f9ff830b3c126bd00d4a9b537e..88d1857521a530c07e50c626b91a67f0dc86f315 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int __must_check fsl_mc_resource_pool_remove_device(struct fsl_mc_device
 		goto out;
 
 	resource = mc_dev->resource;
-	if (WARN_ON(resource->data != mc_dev))
+	if (WARN_ON(!resource || resource->data != mc_dev))
 		goto out;
 
 	mc_bus_dev = to_fsl_mc_device(mc_dev->dev.parent);