diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d249a68..601fbbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 4. bios_table: pldm_bios_table_iter_create(): Return NULL on failed alloc
 5. bios_table: pldm_bios_table_iter_next(): Invalid entry halts iteration
 6. pdr: pldm_pdr_init(): Return NULL on allocation failure
+7. pdr: pldm_pdr_destroy(): Exit early if repo is NULL
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/src/pdr.c b/src/pdr.c
index 763fa72..65b7e5c 100644
--- a/src/pdr.c
+++ b/src/pdr.c
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@
 LIBPLDM_ABI_STABLE
 void pldm_pdr_destroy(pldm_pdr *repo)
 {
-	assert(repo != NULL);
+	if (!repo) {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	pldm_pdr_record *record = repo->first;
 	while (record != NULL) {