diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu/mmu_v1.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu/mmu_v1.c
index c5e93ff325866..0f536f79dd9c9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu/mmu_v1.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/mmu/mmu_v1.c
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@ static void hl_mmu_v1_fini(struct hl_device *hdev)
 	if (!ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(hdev->mmu_priv.hr.mmu_shadow_hop0)) {
 		kvfree(hdev->mmu_priv.dr.mmu_shadow_hop0);
 		gen_pool_destroy(hdev->mmu_priv.dr.mmu_pgt_pool);
-	}
 
-	/* Make sure that if we arrive here again without init was called we
-	 * won't cause kernel panic. This can happen for example if we fail
-	 * during hard reset code at certain points
-	 */
-	hdev->mmu_priv.dr.mmu_shadow_hop0 = NULL;
+		/* Make sure that if we arrive here again without init was
+		 * called we won't cause kernel panic. This can happen for
+		 * example if we fail during hard reset code at certain points
+		 */
+		hdev->mmu_priv.dr.mmu_shadow_hop0 = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 /**