diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
index 2623a567ffba..f546635e9ac9 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ int ishtp_cl_device_bind(struct ishtp_cl *cl)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cl->dev->device_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(cl_device, &cl->dev->device_list,
 			device_link) {
-		if (cl_device->fw_client->client_id == cl->fw_client_id) {
+		if (cl_device->fw_client &&
+		    cl_device->fw_client->client_id == cl->fw_client_id) {
 			cl->device = cl_device;
 			rv = 0;
 			break;
@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@ void ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients(struct ishtp_device *ishtp_dev,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ishtp_dev->device_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cl_device, n, &ishtp_dev->device_list,
 				 device_link) {
+		cl_device->fw_client = NULL;
 		if (warm_reset && cl_device->reference_count)
 			continue;