diff --git a/utils/logging/src/wlan_logging_sock_svc.c b/utils/logging/src/wlan_logging_sock_svc.c
index b36395025b..c7770a8bc9 100644
--- a/utils/logging/src/wlan_logging_sock_svc.c
+++ b/utils/logging/src/wlan_logging_sock_svc.c
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ void wlan_pkt_stats_to_logger_thread(void *pl_hdr, void *pkt_dump, void *data)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gwlan_logging.pkt_stats_lock, flags);
 
-	if (!gwlan_logging.pkt_stats_pcur_node || (NULL == pkt_stats_dump)) {
+	if (!gwlan_logging.pkt_stats_pcur_node) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gwlan_logging.pkt_stats_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ void wlan_pkt_stats_to_logger_thread(void *pl_hdr, void *pkt_dump, void *data)
 				pktlog_hdr->size),
 				data, pktlog_hdr->size);
 
-	if (pkt_stats_dump->type == STOP_MONITOR) {
+	if (pkt_stats_dump && pkt_stats_dump->type == STOP_MONITOR) {
 		wake_up_thread = true;
 		wlan_get_pkt_stats_free_node();
 	}