diff --git a/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c b/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
index fb03258d00ae..70bb0cbad233 100644
--- a/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/meson/axg-card.c
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ static void axg_card_clean_references(struct axg_card *priv)
 
 	if (card->dai_link) {
 		for_each_card_prelinks(card, i, link) {
-			of_node_put(link->cpus->of_node);
+			if (link->cpus)
+				of_node_put(link->cpus->of_node);
 			for_each_link_codecs(link, j, codec)
-				of_node_put(codec->of_node);
+				if (codec)
+					of_node_put(codec->of_node);
 		}
 	}