diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
index fed06c2b728e..71bffece84b5 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/ioas.c
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ int iommufd_ioas_change_process(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 		return rc;
 
 	for_each_ioas_area(&ioas_list, index, ioas, area)  {
+		if (!area->pages) {
+			rc = -EBUSY;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		if (area->pages->type != IOPT_ADDRESS_FILE) {
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;