diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index 157e7389a5ff..e9b01e35ac37 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	per_cpu(processors, pr->id) = pr;
 
 	dev = get_cpu_device(pr->id);
+	if (!dev) {
+		result = -ENODEV;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	result = acpi_bind_one(dev, pr->handle);
 	if (result)
 		goto err;