diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 01e5502917f7..2a08e7a47e09 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ idata_free:
 
 cmd_done:
 	mmc_blk_put(md);
-	if (card->cmdq_init)
+	if (card && card->cmdq_init)
 		wake_up(&card->host->cmdq_ctx.wait);
 	return err;
 }