diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/encoder/venc_vpu_if.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/encoder/venc_vpu_if.c
index ae6290d28f8e..84ad1cc6ad17 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/encoder/venc_vpu_if.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/encoder/venc_vpu_if.c
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ int vpu_enc_init(struct venc_vpu_inst *vpu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(vpu->vsi)) {
+		mtk_venc_err(vpu->ctx, "invalid venc vsi");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }