diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 5cab62f618c8..8024cd3cad14 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -3442,6 +3442,9 @@ static void acpi_nfit_uc_error_notify(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
 {
 	struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	if (!acpi_desc)
+		return;
+
 	if (acpi_desc->scrub_mode == HW_ERROR_SCRUB_ON)
 		acpi_nfit_ars_rescan(acpi_desc, ARS_REQ_LONG);
 	else