diff --git a/drivers/crypto/msm/qce50.c b/drivers/crypto/msm/qce50.c
index b44f926a6ba0..598b1aa0f4d7 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/msm/qce50.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/msm/qce50.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Qualcomm Crypto Engine driver.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -2440,6 +2440,9 @@ static int _qce_sps_add_sg_data(struct qce_device *pce_dev,
 	struct sps_iovec *iovec = sps_bam_pipe->iovec +
 						sps_bam_pipe->iovec_count;
 
+	if (!sg_src)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	while (nbytes > 0) {
 		len = min(nbytes, sg_dma_len(sg_src));
 		nbytes -= len;