1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
index 0778d99aea7c..377dafa37a20 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int dwc_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan,
         dev_vdbg(&chan->dev, "alloc_chan_resources\n");
 
         /* Channels doing slave DMA can only handle one client. */
-        if (dwc->dws || client->slave) {
+        if (dwc->dws || (client && client->slave)) {
                 if (chan->client_count)
                         return -EBUSY;
         }