diff --git a/net/nfc/rawsock.c b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
index ec1134c9e07f..8b8a6a2b2bad 100644
--- a/net/nfc/rawsock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ static int rawsock_release(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 
-	pr_debug("sock=%p\n", sock);
+	pr_debug("sock=%p sk=%p\n", sock, sk);
+
+	if (!sk)
+		return 0;
 
 	sock_orphan(sk);
 	sock_put(sk);