1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 28b6eb0e5187..89ad8dee6ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ software_node_get_parent(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
         struct software_node *swnode = to_software_node(fwnode);
 
-        return swnode->parent ? &swnode->parent->fwnode : NULL;
+        return swnode ? (swnode->parent ? &swnode->parent->fwnode : NULL) :
+                        NULL;
 }
 
 struct fwnode_handle *