diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
index 423fc85d79ee..50ec24c753e9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ void hantro_watchdog(struct work_struct *work)
 	ctx = v4l2_m2m_get_curr_priv(vpu->m2m_dev);
 	if (ctx) {
 		vpu_err("frame processing timed out!\n");
-		ctx->codec_ops->reset(ctx);
+		if (ctx->codec_ops->reset)
+			ctx->codec_ops->reset(ctx);
 		hantro_job_finish(vpu, ctx, VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR);
 	}
 }