diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c b/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
index aa6861dcd3fd78fd0df75c358b1149564564371a..eb74cb8f259a9d2617de216761f125a7e2f09611 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
@@ -1362,9 +1362,16 @@ static void load_firmware_cb(const struct firmware *fw,
 			     void *context)
 {
 	struct dvb_frontend *fe = context;
-	struct xc2028_data *priv = fe->tuner_priv;
+	struct xc2028_data *priv;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (!fe) {
+		pr_warn("xc2028: No frontend in %s\n", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	priv = fe->tuner_priv;
+
 	tuner_dbg("request_firmware_nowait(): %s\n", fw ? "OK" : "error");
 	if (!fw) {
 		tuner_err("Could not load firmware %s.\n", priv->fname);