diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
index 0d182a190c98..5476854c12b0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
@@ -2674,11 +2674,13 @@ int snd_soc_tplg_component_load(struct snd_soc_component *comp,
 	tplg.fw = fw;
 	tplg.dev = comp->dev;
 	tplg.comp = comp;
-	tplg.ops = ops;
-	tplg.io_ops = ops->io_ops;
-	tplg.io_ops_count = ops->io_ops_count;
-	tplg.bytes_ext_ops = ops->bytes_ext_ops;
-	tplg.bytes_ext_ops_count = ops->bytes_ext_ops_count;
+	if (ops) {
+		tplg.ops = ops;
+		tplg.io_ops = ops->io_ops;
+		tplg.io_ops_count = ops->io_ops_count;
+		tplg.bytes_ext_ops = ops->bytes_ext_ops;
+		tplg.bytes_ext_ops_count = ops->bytes_ext_ops_count;
+	}
 
 	ret = soc_tplg_load(&tplg);
 	/* free the created components if fail to load topology */