diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 0e22bbb7823910..3b32803b7a682a 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -8636,6 +8636,14 @@ static int ufshcd_add_lus(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		ufshcd_init_clk_scaling_sysfs(hba);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The RTC update code accesses the hba->ufs_device_wlun->sdev_gendev
+	 * pointer and hence must only be started after the WLUN pointer has
+	 * been initialized by ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus().
+	 */
+	schedule_delayed_work(&hba->ufs_rtc_update_work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(UFS_RTC_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS));
+
 	ufs_bsg_probe(hba);
 	scsi_scan_host(hba->host);
 
@@ -8795,8 +8803,6 @@ static int ufshcd_device_init(struct ufs_hba *hba, bool init_dev_params)
 	ufshcd_force_reset_auto_bkops(hba);
 
 	ufshcd_set_timestamp_attr(hba);
-	schedule_delayed_work(&hba->ufs_rtc_update_work,
-			      msecs_to_jiffies(UFS_RTC_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS));
 
 	/* Gear up to HS gear if supported */
 	if (hba->max_pwr_info.is_valid) {