diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/msm.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/msm.c
index c2b42a854d35..8596366a70f0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/msm.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/msm.c
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ static long msm_private_ioctl(struct file *file, void *fh,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!event_data)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(struct v4l2_event));
 	session_id = event_data->session_id;
 	stream_id = event_data->stream_id;