diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c b/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
index eb11f5141b..928f12f3f1 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ void *m_calloc_mbedtls(size_t nmemb, size_t size) {
 }
 
 void m_free_mbedtls(void *ptr_in) {
+    if (ptr_in == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
     void **ptr = &((void **)ptr_in)[-2];
     #if DEBUG
     uint32_t nb;