diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index e2ac595902eda..f47fdf32d2daf 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(scm_query_lock);
 
 struct qcom_tzmem_pool *qcom_scm_get_tzmem_pool(void)
 {
-	return __scm->mempool;
+	return __scm ? __scm->mempool : NULL;
 }
 
 static enum qcom_scm_convention __get_convention(void)