diff --git a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
index 1ff8609ee436..3add3240564c 100644
--- a/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
+++ b/target_if/spectral/target_if_spectral.h
@@ -1732,6 +1732,10 @@ void target_if_spectral_process_phyerr(
 	}
 
 	p_sops = GET_TARGET_IF_SPECTRAL_OPS(spectral);
+	if (!p_sops->spectral_process_phyerr) {
+		spectral_err("null spectral_process_phyerr");
+		return;
+	}
 	p_sops->spectral_process_phyerr(spectral, data, datalen,
 					p_rfqual, p_chaninfo,
 					tsf64, acs_stats);