diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
index 53942b331269..677ee118d839 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
@@ -2017,6 +2017,9 @@ static void mpam_msc_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mpam_msc *msc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	if (!msc)
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&mpam_list_lock);
 	mpam_msc_destroy(msc);
 	mutex_unlock(&mpam_list_lock);