diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
index ea91d02bdd..0dea3cdde5 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static u32 dsi_panel_get_brightness(struct dsi_backlight_config *bl)
 	switch (bl->type) {
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_WLED:
 		/* Try to query the backlight level from the backlight device */
-		if (bd->ops && bd->ops->get_brightness)
+		if (bd && bd->ops && bd->ops->get_brightness)
 			cur_bl_level = bd->ops->get_brightness(bd);
 		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DCS: