diff --git a/hif/src/hif_main.c b/hif/src/hif_main.c
index 0b55d79491..8b494b0836 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_main.c
+++ b/hif/src/hif_main.c
@@ -1562,6 +1562,9 @@ QDF_STATUS hif_send_single(struct hif_opaque_softc *osc, qdf_nbuf_t msdu,
 {
 	void *ce_tx_hdl = hif_get_ce_handle(osc, CE_HTT_TX_CE);
 
+	if (!ce_tx_hdl)
+		return QDF_STATUS_E_NULL_VALUE;
+
 	return ce_send_single((struct CE_handle *)ce_tx_hdl, msdu, transfer_id,
 			len);
 }
diff --git a/htc/htc_send.c b/htc/htc_send.c
index 9450efb646..c58f0112cd 100644
--- a/htc/htc_send.c
+++ b/htc/htc_send.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ void htc_dump_counter_info(HTC_HANDLE HTCHandle)
 {
 	HTC_TARGET *target = GET_HTC_TARGET_FROM_HANDLE(HTCHandle);
 
+	if (!target)
+		return;
+
 	AR_DEBUG_PRINTF(ATH_DEBUG_ERR,
 			("\n%s: ce_send_cnt = %d, TX_comp_cnt = %d\n",
 			 __func__, target->ce_send_cnt, target->TX_comp_cnt));