diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/bus_type.c b/drivers/soundwire/bus_type.c
index 9a0fd3ee1014..5df095f4e12f 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/bus_type.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/bus_type.c
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ int sdw_slave_modalias(const struct sdw_slave *slave, char *buf, size_t size)
static int sdw_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
{
- struct sdw_slave *slave = to_sdw_slave_device(dev);
+ struct sdw_slave *slave;
char modalias[32];
+ if (is_sdw_slave(dev)) {
+ slave = to_sdw_slave_device(dev);
+ } else {
+ dev_warn(dev, "uevent for unknown Soundwire type\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
sdw_slave_modalias(slave, modalias, sizeof(modalias));
if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", modalias))