diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
index 58b0e6fa8fd29b2135985a960bc4eeca82642641..93d40f0e0f79f887e87df8865c9a0b851dff6504 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ int vpu_dec_init(struct vdec_vpu_inst *vpu)
 	mtk_vcodec_debug(vpu, "vdec_inst=%p", vpu);
 
 	err = vcodec_vpu_send_msg(vpu, (void *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
+
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(vpu->vsi)) {
+		mtk_vcodec_err(vpu, "invalid vdec vsi, status=%d", err);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	mtk_vcodec_debug(vpu, "- ret=%d", err);
 	return err;
 }