1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c
index 38a8bbe74810..83797d89c30f 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps_parport.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void parport_detach(struct parport *port)
         struct pps_client_pp *device;
 
         /* FIXME: oooh, this is ugly! */
-        if (strcmp(pardev->name, KBUILD_MODNAME))
+        if (!pardev || strcmp(pardev->name, KBUILD_MODNAME))
                 /* not our port */
                 return;