diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index e9da95ebccc837dd4407df814c9799870009931c..1120d669fe2e33680587873ccff1d3226340e4fe 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -958,6 +958,9 @@ static int soc_dai_link_sanity_check(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 void snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 				struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
+	if (!rtd)
+		return;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&client_mutex);
 
 	/* release machine specific resources */