diff --git a/block/sed-opal.c b/block/sed-opal.c
index 0348fb896a5d..3f368b14efd9 100644
--- a/block/sed-opal.c
+++ b/block/sed-opal.c
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ static const struct opal_resp_tok *response_get_token(
 {
 	const struct opal_resp_tok *tok;
 
+	if (!resp) {
+		pr_debug("Response is NULL\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	if (n >= resp->num) {
 		pr_debug("Token number doesn't exist: %d, resp: %d\n",
 			 n, resp->num);