diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcsim.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcsim.c
index a466e7978466..33449820e754 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/nfcsim.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcsim.c
@@ -482,8 +482,10 @@ static int __init nfcsim_init(void)
 exit_err:
 	pr_err("Failed to initialize nfcsim driver (%d)\n", rc);
 
-	nfcsim_link_free(link0);
-	nfcsim_link_free(link1);
+	if (link0)
+		nfcsim_link_free(link0);
+	if (link1)
+		nfcsim_link_free(link1);
 
 	return rc;
 }