diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
index d7571f95f00a..00d00218ca64 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,8 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_bus_suspend(struct wow_enable_params wow_params)
 	hdd_info("starting bus suspend");
 
 	hdd_ctx = cds_get_context(QDF_MODULE_ID_HDD);
+	if (!hdd_ctx)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	err = wlan_hdd_validate_context(hdd_ctx);
 	if (0 != err) {
@@ -1922,6 +1924,8 @@ static int wlan_hdd_pld_suspend(struct device *dev,
 	struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx;
 
 	hdd_ctx = cds_get_context(QDF_MODULE_ID_HDD);
+	if (!hdd_ctx)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	errno = wlan_hdd_validate_context(hdd_ctx);
 	if (0 != errno) {