diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 9bf7f57d9a17..10021f25afdd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * This code is based on drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
  * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Samsung India Software Operations
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Authors:
  *	Santosh Yaraganavi <santosh.sy@samsung.com>
@@ -8431,7 +8431,8 @@ static void ufshcd_hba_exit(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		if (ufshcd_is_clkscaling_supported(hba)) {
 			if (hba->devfreq)
 				ufshcd_suspend_clkscaling(hba);
-			destroy_workqueue(hba->clk_scaling.workq);
+			if (hba->clk_scaling.workq)
+				destroy_workqueue(hba->clk_scaling.workq);
 		}
 		ufshcd_disable_clocks(hba, false);
 		ufshcd_setup_hba_vreg(hba, false);