diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 5d665680ae33fea5bbc74084d1d79d37f62c4f15..4fc89310bfb518176172433e3dbe4366d1c51427 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2658,6 +2658,9 @@ static int ipmi_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	if (!match)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!of_device_is_available(np))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &resource);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_warn(&dev->dev, PFX "invalid address from OF\n");