diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index ef1caae02110eef59c4abb5dd5cbb8051d9cc269..9b1036570586f95379f035b8606220144cdc7837 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static bool have_cpu_die(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	int any_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 
-	if (cpu_ops[any_cpu]->cpu_die)
+	if (cpu_ops[any_cpu] && cpu_ops[any_cpu]->cpu_die)
 		return true;
 #endif
 	return false;