diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 5d2bf6d18961..17006705287a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -620,11 +620,13 @@ static int tmc_etr_alloc_flat_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
 static void tmc_etr_free_flat_buf(struct etr_buf *etr_buf)
 {
 	struct etr_flat_buf *flat_buf = etr_buf->private;
-	struct device *real_dev = flat_buf->dev->parent;
 
-	if (flat_buf && flat_buf->daddr)
+	if (flat_buf && flat_buf->daddr) {
+		struct device *real_dev = flat_buf->dev->parent;
+
 		dma_free_coherent(real_dev, flat_buf->size,
 				  flat_buf->vaddr, flat_buf->daddr);
+	}
 	kfree(flat_buf);
 }