diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
index 48b6612..d5af7ba 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-max8998.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 			info->irq, ret);
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "RTC CHIP NAME: %s\n", pdev->id_entry->name);
-	if (pdata->rtc_delay) {
+	if (pdata && pdata->rtc_delay) {
 		info->lp3974_bug_workaround = true;
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "LP3974 with RTC REGERR option."
 				" RTC updates will be extremely slow.\n");