diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index 62e263a139cc..41c497a83555 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -5473,6 +5473,10 @@ static int ipa3_smp2p_probe(struct device *dev)
 	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 	int res;
 
+	if (ipa3_ctx == NULL) {
+		IPAERR("ipa3_ctx was not initialized\n");
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
 	IPADBG("node->name=%s\n", node->name);
 	if (strcmp("qcom,smp2pgpio_map_ipa_1_out", node->name) == 0) {
 		res = of_get_gpio(node, 0);