diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
index e64f059a2c..2bdc0967eb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ fail_napi:
 fail_gen2:
 	ipa_pm_deregister(ep->sys->pm_hdl);
 fail_pm:
-	destroy_workqueue(ep->sys->freepage_wq);
+	if (ep->sys->freepage_wq)
+		destroy_workqueue(ep->sys->freepage_wq);
 fail_wq3:
 	destroy_workqueue(ep->sys->repl_wq);
 fail_wq2: