diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 899c0effb5d3..f054e262176c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -2380,6 +2380,17 @@ static int xhci_check_bw_table(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 	}
 
 	bw_table = virt_dev->bw_table;
+
+	/* second line of defense, this should not happen if bw_table
+       is not initialized this calculation should not be called
+       any issue with bw_table is supposed to be handled earlier
+	*/
+	if (bw_table == NULL) {
+		xhci_warn(xhci, "bw_table == NULL, this should not happen\n"
+				"please report\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/* We need to translate the max packet size and max ESIT payloads into
 	 * the units the hardware uses.
 	 */