l/alienware-wmi-wmax.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
index 31f9643a6a3b5c2eb74b089dc071964bd6df8b43..2c4b71b03c264edaffcb0341bbd9e6acefced8b8 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static const enum platform_profile_option awcc_mode_to_platform_profile[AWCC_PRO
 	[AWCC_PROFILE_LEGACY_PERFORMANCE]		= PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
 };
 
-static struct awcc_quirks *awcc;
+static struct awcc_quirks *awcc = &empty_quirks;
 
 /*
  *	The HDMI mux sysfs node indicates the status of the HDMI input mux.
@@ -1680,26 +1680,16 @@ int __init alienware_wmax_wmi_init(void)
 	if (id)
 		awcc = id->driver_data;
 
-	if (force_hwmon) {
-		if (!awcc)
-			awcc = &empty_quirks;
-
+	if (force_hwmon)
 		awcc->hwmon = true;
-	}
-
-	if (force_platform_profile) {
-		if (!awcc)
-			awcc = &empty_quirks;
 
+	if (force_platform_profile)
 		awcc->pprof = true;
-	}
 
-	if (force_gmode) {
-		if (awcc)
-			awcc->gmode = true;
-		else
-			pr_warn("force_gmode requires platform profile support\n");
-	}
+	if (force_gmode && awcc->pprof)
+		awcc->gmode = true;
+	else
+		pr_warn("force_gmode requires platform profile support\n");
 
 	return wmi_driver_register(&alienware_wmax_wmi_driver);
 }

---
base-commit: 3ed17349f18774c24505b0c21dfbd3cc4f126518
change-id: 20251012-sleep-fix-5d0596dd92a3
-- 
 ~ Kurt[PATCH] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix null pointer derefence in sleep handlersKurt Borja <kuurtb@gmail.com> undefinedHans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>, Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de> undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined-