1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
index 27703a5e48d6..f69ef5d48c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int ath9k_init_softc(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc,
         ath_read_cachesize(common, &csz);
         common->cachelsz = csz << 2; /* convert to bytes */
 
-        if (pdata->eeprom_name) {
+        if (pdata && pdata->eeprom_name) {
                 ret = ath9k_eeprom_request(sc, pdata->eeprom_name);
                 if (ret)
                         goto err_eeprom;