diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
index 80d3dcb8722c87..d21c82c8863f16 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,12 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops null_mq_ops = {
 
 static void null_del_dev(struct nullb *nullb)
 {
-	struct nullb_device *dev = nullb->dev;
+	struct nullb_device *dev;
+
+	if (!nullb)
+		return;
+
+	dev = nullb->dev;
 
 	ida_simple_remove(&nullb_indexes, nullb->index);