diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 1b65e6ae4137..46433ecf0c4d 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -6456,6 +6456,8 @@ static bool ufshcd_abort_one(struct request *rq, void *priv)
 	/* Release cmd in MCQ mode if abort succeeds */
 	if (is_mcq_enabled(hba) && (*ret == 0)) {
 		hwq = ufshcd_mcq_req_to_hwq(hba, scsi_cmd_to_rq(lrbp->cmd));
+		if (!hwq)
+			return 0;
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&hwq->cq_lock, flags);
 		if (ufshcd_cmd_inflight(lrbp->cmd))
 			ufshcd_release_scsi_cmd(hba, lrbp);