diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 6183ce8574b1ab..8b79ad2955e516 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -919,6 +919,10 @@ static void xhci_clear_command_ring(struct xhci_hcd *xhci)
 {
 	struct xhci_ring *ring;
 	struct xhci_segment *seg;
+	if (!xhci->cmd_ring) {
+		xhci_err(xhci, "Empty cmd ring");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	ring = xhci->cmd_ring;
 	seg = ring->deq_seg;