From ca38e5676761f3db9d3c2861cb9cd06f299401bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Liu <dan1.liu@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:11:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [NPU] fix segfault in compile_tool (#28434)

### Details:
- Fix `Segmentation fault (core dumped)` issue when running
`compile_tool` without a device.

### Tickets:
 - *E151581*
---
 .../compiler_adapter/include/compiler_adapter_factory.hpp    | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/compiler_adapter_factory.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/compiler_adapter_factory.hpp
index ff6dc6246a121d..a23ba2b5990299 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/compiler_adapter_factory.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/compiler_adapter_factory.hpp
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ class CompilerAdapterFactory final {
         auto compilerType = config.get<COMPILER_TYPE>();
         switch (compilerType) {
         case ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::MLIR: {
-            if (engineBackend->getName() != "LEVEL0") {
+            if (engineBackend == nullptr || engineBackend->getName() != "LEVEL0") {
                 return std::make_unique<PluginCompilerAdapter>(nullptr);
             }
-
             return std::make_unique<PluginCompilerAdapter>(engineBackend->getInitStructs());
         }
         case ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::DRIVER: {
-            if (engineBackend->getName() != "LEVEL0") {
+            if (engineBackend == nullptr || engineBackend->getName() != "LEVEL0") {
                 OPENVINO_THROW("NPU Compiler Adapter must be used with LEVEL0 backend");
             }