@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ static int acpi_get_ref_args(struct fwnode_reference_args *args,
* @index: Index of the reference to return
* @num_args: Maximum number of arguments after each reference
* @args: Location to store the returned reference with optional arguments
+ * (may be NULL)
*
* Find property with @name, verifify that it is a package containing at least
* one object reference and if so, store the ACPI device object pointer to the
@@ -907,6 +908,9 @@ int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
if (!device)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!args)
+ return 0;
+
args->fwnode = acpi_fwnode_handle(device);
args->nargs = 0;
return 0;