diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index b0acb22e5a465096b37f7a67a689852685228087..1e3f1f140ffb0e233b82873603c17f0fa13f36b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	hpet_set_mapping();
+	if (!hpet_virt_address)
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Read the period and check for a sane value: