diff --git a/drivers/nfc/qti/nfc_i2c_drv.c b/drivers/nfc/qti/nfc_i2c_drv.c
index 989471be9d2e..fee83a9f9a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/qti/nfc_i2c_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/qti/nfc_i2c_drv.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include "nfc_common.h"
@@ -452,7 +452,14 @@ int nfc_i2c_dev_suspend(struct device *device)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(device);
 	struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
-	struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev = &nfc_dev->i2c_dev;
+	struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev = NULL;
+
+	if (!nfc_dev) {
+		pr_err("%s: device doesn't exist anymore\n", __func__);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	i2c_dev = &nfc_dev->i2c_dev;
 
 	NFCLOG_IPC(nfc_dev, false, "%s: irq_enabled = %d", __func__,
 							i2c_dev->irq_enabled);
@@ -468,7 +475,14 @@ int nfc_i2c_dev_resume(struct device *device)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(device);
 	struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
-	struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev = &nfc_dev->i2c_dev;
+	struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev = NULL;
+
+	if (!nfc_dev) {
+		pr_err("%s: device doesn't exist anymore\n", __func__);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	i2c_dev = &nfc_dev->i2c_dev;
 
 	NFCLOG_IPC(nfc_dev, false, "%s: irq_wake_up = %d", __func__,
 							i2c_dev->irq_wake_up);