diff --git a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
index b8b09830b6c6..ccfbf9adb605 100644
--- a/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
+++ b/spectral/dispatcher/src/wlan_spectral_utils_api.c
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ wlan_register_wmi_spectral_cmd_ops(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 {
 	struct spectral_context *sc;
 
-	if (!pdev)
+	if (!pdev) {
 		spectral_err("PDEV is NULL!");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	sc = spectral_get_spectral_ctx_from_pdev(pdev);
 	if (!sc) {