diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-ipc.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-ipc.c
index 3f8c48231364..5bf14040c24a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-ipc.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ int sst_hsw_stream_free(struct sst_hsw *hsw, struct sst_hsw_stream *stream)
 	struct sst_dsp *sst = hsw->dsp;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!stream) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is NULL, no stream to free, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* dont free DSP streams that are not commited */
 	if (!stream->commited)
 		goto out;
@@ -1415,6 +1420,16 @@ int sst_hsw_stream_commit(struct sst_hsw *hsw, struct sst_hsw_stream *stream)
 	u32 header;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!stream) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is NULL, no stream to commit, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (stream->commited) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is already committed, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	trace_ipc_request("stream alloc", stream->host_id);
 
 	header = IPC_GLB_TYPE(IPC_GLB_ALLOCATE_STREAM);
@@ -1519,6 +1534,11 @@ int sst_hsw_stream_pause(struct sst_hsw *hsw, struct sst_hsw_stream *stream,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!stream) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is NULL, no stream to pause, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	trace_ipc_request("stream pause", stream->reply.stream_hw_id);
 
 	ret = sst_hsw_stream_operations(hsw, IPC_STR_PAUSE,
@@ -1535,6 +1555,11 @@ int sst_hsw_stream_resume(struct sst_hsw *hsw, struct sst_hsw_stream *stream,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!stream) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is NULL, no stream to resume, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	trace_ipc_request("stream resume", stream->reply.stream_hw_id);
 
 	ret = sst_hsw_stream_operations(hsw, IPC_STR_RESUME,
@@ -1550,6 +1575,11 @@ int sst_hsw_stream_reset(struct sst_hsw *hsw, struct sst_hsw_stream *stream)
 {
 	int ret, tries = 10;
 
+	if (!stream) {
+		dev_warn(hsw->dev, "warning: stream is NULL, no stream to reset, ignore it.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* dont reset streams that are not commited */
 	if (!stream->commited)
 		return 0;