diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
index 35fb3a559ea9..1a1857b0a6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ static bool brcm_avs_is_firmware_loaded(struct private_data *priv)
 static unsigned int brcm_avs_cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+	if (!policy)
+		return 0;
 	struct private_data *priv = policy->driver_data;
 
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);