diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 9f305ac06275d6f45adb05ff1c7567b71f0c6bde..5b1ab06d92c2dd1dc9e00cff083ed85191b4a04d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ static int pinctrl_check_ops(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 	    !ops->get_group_name)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ops->dt_node_to_map && !ops->dt_free_map)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index e082bddad83a0e08797e17d74991adf34404e48e..0e5c9f14a706e6f25cceeccecc0e67527e7051aa 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ static void dt_free_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 {
 	if (pctldev) {
 		const struct pinctrl_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->pctlops;
-		ops->dt_free_map(pctldev, map, num_maps);
+		if (ops->dt_free_map)
+			ops->dt_free_map(pctldev, map, num_maps);
 	} else {
 		/* There is no pctldev for PIN_MAP_TYPE_DUMMY_STATE */
 		kfree(map);