diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
index 5994e10733642..5fdfbaa8c4ed6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ipc.c
@@ -826,6 +826,9 @@ void snd_sof_ipc_free(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
 	struct snd_sof_ipc *ipc = sdev->ipc;
 
+	if (!ipc)
+		return;
+
 	/* disable sending of ipc's */
 	mutex_lock(&ipc->tx_mutex);
 	ipc->disable_ipc_tx = true;