diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-params.c b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-params.c
index 70106276b7e4..16e895e3488e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-params.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-params.c
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@ static int mali_c55_params_buf_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 	struct mali_c55 *mali_c55 = params->mali_c55;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!config)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	ret = v4l2_isp_params_validate_buffer_size(mali_c55->dev, vb,
 			v4l2_isp_buffer_size(MALI_C55_PARAMS_MAX_SIZE));
 	if (ret)