diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
index bdb5c226d01c..5198c9eeb348 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static inline bool ctrl_is_pointer(struct file *file, u32 id)
 		return ctrl && ctrl->is_ptr;
 	}
 
-	if (!ops->vidioc_query_ext_ctrl)
+	if (!ops || !ops->vidioc_query_ext_ctrl)
 		return false;
 
 	return !ops->vidioc_query_ext_ctrl(file, fh, &qec) &&