diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c
index 7d0d366be37a..d5876c19cfef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c
@@ -692,7 +692,8 @@ static int gpio_virtuser_interrupts_set(void *data, u64 val)
 		atomic_set(&ld->irq, irq);
 	} else {
 		irq = atomic_xchg(&ld->irq, 0);
-		free_irq(irq, ld);
+		if (irq)
+			free_irq(irq, ld);
 	}
 
 	return 0;