diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index 81a7a12196ff..a4d6c068b545 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ static int soc_dapm_mux_update_power(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	dapm_kcontrol_for_each_path(path, kcontrol) {
 		found = 1;
 		/* we now need to match the string in the enum to the path */
-		if (!(strcmp(path->name, e->texts[mux])))
+		if (e && !(strcmp(path->name, e->texts[mux])))
 			connect = true;
 		else
 			connect = false;