diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
index a85c351589bee53084b4c07c8bef7dc72d8d87ba..b62c87b8ce4a99650c0ed3140ac449ce45238d10 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
@@ -998,7 +998,14 @@ static int cpc_write(int cpu, struct cpc_register_resource *reg_res, u64 val)
 static int cppc_get_perf(int cpunum, enum cppc_regs reg_idx, u64 *perf)
 {
 	struct cpc_desc *cpc_desc = per_cpu(cpc_desc_ptr, cpunum);
-	struct cpc_register_resource *reg = &cpc_desc->cpc_regs[reg_idx];
+	struct cpc_register_resource *reg;
+
+	if (!cpc_desc) {
+		pr_debug("No CPC descriptor for CPU:%d\n", cpunum);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	reg = &cpc_desc->cpc_regs[reg_idx];
 
 	if (CPC_IN_PCC(reg)) {
 		int pcc_ss_id = per_cpu(cpu_pcc_subspace_idx, cpunum);