diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c b/techpack/display/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
index 090b2f396e5d..109e6ede35c3 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -6131,6 +6131,10 @@ int dsi_display_dev_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	display = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!display || !display->panel_node) {
+		DSI_ERR("invalid display\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* decrement ref count */
 	of_node_put(display->panel_node);