diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/CameraClient.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/CameraClient.cpp
index a407d0b..910dd78 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/CameraClient.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api1/CameraClient.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@
     const char *enddump = "\n\n";
     write(fd, enddump, strlen(enddump));
 
-    return mHardware->dump(fd, args);
+    sp<CameraHardwareInterface> hardware = mHardware;
+    if (hardware != nullptr) {
+        return hardware->dump(fd, args);
+    }
+    ALOGI("%s: camera device closed already, skip dumping", __FUNCTION__);
+    return OK;
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------