diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index a637e22c3929..ca630c9948e4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -679,6 +679,9 @@ static void wm_adsp_control_remove(struct cs_dsp_coeff_ctl *cs_ctl)
 {
 	struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl = cs_ctl->priv;
 
+	if (!ctl)
+		return;
+
 	cancel_work_sync(&ctl->work);
 
 	kfree(ctl->name);