diff --git a/hal/wifi3.0/hal_srng.c b/hal/wifi3.0/hal_srng.c
index 5d7ee24c64..ce08bf9076 100644
--- a/hal/wifi3.0/hal_srng.c
+++ b/hal/wifi3.0/hal_srng.c
@@ -721,10 +721,17 @@ static inline void hal_reg_write_fill_sched_delay_hist(struct hal_soc *hal,
 static inline bool hal_reg_write_need_delay(struct hal_reg_write_q_elem *elem)
 {
 	struct hal_srng *srng = elem->srng;
-	struct hal_soc *hal = srng->hal_soc;
+	struct hal_soc *hal;
 	qdf_time_t now;
 	qdf_iomem_t real_addr;
 
+	if (qdf_unlikely(!srng))
+		return false;
+
+	hal = srng->hal_soc;
+	if (qdf_unlikely(!hal))
+		return false;
+
 	/* Check if it is target srng, and valid shadow reg */
 	if (qdf_likely(!IS_SRNG_MATCH(srng)))
 		return false;
@@ -795,10 +802,6 @@ static void hal_reg_write_work(void *arg)
 		if (!q_elem->valid)
 			break;
 
-		if (hal_reg_write_need_delay(q_elem))
-			hal_verbose_debug("Delay reg writer for srng 0x%x, addr 0x%pK",
-					  q_elem->srng->ring_id, q_elem->addr);
-
 		q_elem->dequeue_time = qdf_get_log_timestamp();
 		ring_id = q_elem->srng->ring_id;
 		addr = q_elem->addr;
@@ -809,6 +812,10 @@ static void hal_reg_write_work(void *arg)
 		hal->stats.wstats.dequeues++;
 		qdf_atomic_dec(&hal->stats.wstats.q_depth);
 
+		if (hal_reg_write_need_delay(q_elem))
+			hal_verbose_debug("Delay reg writer for srng 0x%x, addr 0x%pK",
+					  q_elem->srng->ring_id, q_elem->addr);
+
 		write_val = hal_process_reg_write_q_elem(hal, q_elem);
 		hal_verbose_debug("read_idx %u srng 0x%x, addr 0x%pK dequeue_val %u sched delay %llu us",
 				  hal->read_idx, ring_id, addr, write_val, delta_us);