diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index eda2a0f1658f..c7499c8bd69f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ unsigned int iio_buffer_poll(struct file *filp,
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = filp->private_data;
 	struct iio_buffer *rb = indio_dev->buffer;
 
-	if (!indio_dev->info)
+	if (!indio_dev->info || rb == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &rb->pollq, wait);