diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 0e53f6f31916..e3eb314acb10 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -513,10 +513,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_compr_malloc_pages);
 
 int snd_compr_free_pages(struct snd_compr_stream *stream)
 {
-	struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime = stream->runtime;
+	struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime;
 
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!(stream) || !(stream)->runtime))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	runtime = stream->runtime;
 	if (runtime->dma_area == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	if (runtime->dma_buffer_p != &stream->dma_buffer) {