diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
index 48b6612fae7fb59b13804972e2709884f79da92a..d5af7baa48b56c893e449b418d158f7b25448628 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int max8998_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			info->irq, ret);
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "RTC CHIP NAME: %s\n", pdev->id_entry->name);
-	if (pdata->rtc_delay) {
+	if (pdata && pdata->rtc_delay) {
 		info->lp3974_bug_workaround = true;
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "LP3974 with RTC REGERR option."
 				" RTC updates will be extremely slow.\n");