diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
index 5b1e73e97817a8276ecbea09d32af12386af5192..ffc000bc1f15bffb9c96937e532d04feadddac4a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
@@ -299,9 +299,14 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair = runtime->private_data;
-	struct fsl_asrc *asrc_priv = pair->asrc_priv;
+	struct fsl_asrc *asrc_priv;
+
+	if (!pair)
+		return 0;
+
+	asrc_priv = pair->asrc_priv;
 
-	if (pair && asrc_priv->pair[pair->index] == pair)
+	if (asrc_priv->pair[pair->index] == pair)
 		asrc_priv->pair[pair->index] = NULL;
 
 	kfree(pair);