1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmethod.c
index 238916ce5412..7dc59fc7344f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmethod.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmethod.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
          * Delete any namespace entries created immediately underneath
          * the method
          */
-        if (method_node->child) {
+        if (method_node && method_node->child) {
                 acpi_ns_delete_namespace_subtree(method_node);
         }