diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
index 62b6faa4276a..b8d5f6a44d26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
@@ -160,8 +160,11 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(members);
 
 void mlx5_ldev_add_debugfs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
+	struct mlx5_lag *ldev = mlx5_lag_dev(dev);
 	struct dentry *dbg;
 
+	if (!ldev)
+		return;
 	dbg = debugfs_create_dir("lag", mlx5_debugfs_get_dev_root(dev));
 	dev->priv.dbg.lag_debugfs = dbg;