diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
index 44e2e7de129e..eb9aea7851ff 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -2524,6 +2525,12 @@ struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *gpi_prep_slave_sg(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, sg_len, i) {
 		tre = sg_virt(sg);
 
+		if (!tre) {
+			kfree(gpi_desc);
+			GPII_ERR(gpii, gpii_chan->chid, "TRE address is null\n");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
 		if (sg_len == 1) {
 			tre_type =
 			MSM_GPI_TRE_TYPE(((struct msm_gpi_tre *)tre));