diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index ca9cf88..bff5aef 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_flow_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *priv, bool enable
 {
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	eptdev->remote_flow_restricted = enable;
 	eptdev->remote_flow_updated = true;
 
@@ -490,6 +496,7 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo;
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
 	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	int ret;
 
 	memcpy(chinfo.name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE);
 	chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
@@ -502,13 +509,17 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	/* Set the default_ept to the rpmsg device endpoint */
 	eptdev->default_ept = rpdev->ept;
 
+	ret = rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	/*
 	 * The rpmsg_ept_cb uses *priv parameter to get its rpmsg_eptdev context.
-	 * Storedit in default_ept *priv field.
+	 * Stored it in default_ept *priv field.
 	 */
 	eptdev->default_ept->priv = eptdev;
 
-	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)