1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
index 48b6612fae7f..d5af7baa48b5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int max8998_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                         info->irq, ret);
 
         dev_info(&pdev->dev, "RTC CHIP NAME: %s\n", pdev->id_entry->name);
-        if (pdata->rtc_delay) {
+        if (pdata && pdata->rtc_delay) {
                 info->lp3974_bug_workaround = true;
                 dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "LP3974 with RTC REGERR option."
                                 " RTC updates will be extremely slow.\n");