1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 99c4021fc33b..fe2af6aa88fc 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -996,7 +996,8 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
         if (df->governor == governor) {
                 ret = 0;
                 goto out;
-        } else if (df->governor->immutable || governor->immutable) {
+        } else if ((df->governor && df->governor->immutable) ||
+                                        governor->immutable) {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
                 goto out;
         }