diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
index a28ff177022c..337c95d43f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ static void hci_dma_unmap_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		xfer = xfer_list + i;
+		if (!xfer->data)
+			continue;
 		dma_unmap_single(&hci->master.dev,
 				 xfer->data_dma, xfer->data_len,
 				 xfer->rnw ? DMA_FROM_DEVICE : DMA_TO_DEVICE);