diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 1f73dc13ca93..565778ccb39c 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -411,10 +411,22 @@ void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring)
 
 	idr_remove(&rproc->notifyids, rvring->notifyid);
 
-	/* reset resource entry info */
-	rsc = (void *)rproc->table_ptr + rvring->rvdev->rsc_offset;
-	rsc->vring[idx].da = 0;
-	rsc->vring[idx].notifyid = -1;
+	/*
+	 * At this point rproc_stop() has been called and the installed resource
+	 * table in the remote processor memory may no longer be accessible. As
+	 * such and as per rproc_stop(), rproc->table_ptr points to the cached
+	 * resource table (rproc->cached_table).  The cached resource table is
+	 * only available when a remote processor has been booted by the
+	 * remoteproc core, otherwise it is NULL.
+	 *
+	 * Based on the above, reset the virtio device section in the cached
+	 * resource table only if there is one to work with.
+	 */
+	if (rproc->table_ptr) {
+		rsc = (void *)rproc->table_ptr + rvring->rvdev->rsc_offset;
+		rsc->vring[idx].da = 0;
+		rsc->vring[idx].notifyid = -1;
+	}
 }
 
 static int rproc_vdev_do_start(struct rproc_subdev *subdev)