diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
index a978b960f1f1e1e8273216ff330ab789d0fd6d51..16e9e7d7527d9762d73a7ec47940c73c0976e05d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,8 @@ static int m_can_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
 	m_can_stop(dev);
-	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
+	if (dev->irq)
+		free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
 
 	m_can_clean(dev);