diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
index 3456313d3b3c..22ee99676879 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
@@ -1697,6 +1697,12 @@ static int rvu_dbg_nix_tm_tree_display(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	pfvf = rvu_get_pfvf(rvu, pcifunc);
+
+	if (!pfvf->sq_ctx) {
+		seq_printf(m, "SQ context is not initialized for pcifunc 0x%x\n", pcifunc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	max_id = pfvf->sq_ctx->qsize;
 
 	memset(&aq_req, 0, sizeof(struct nix_aq_enq_req));