diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 7111d04f26218be0529f4702cb1b361ae07a0b00..fc14a7cc8c859aac6c698f325736043ce53f83fd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -2184,6 +2184,11 @@ int regmap_raw_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, void *val,
 
 	if (regmap_volatile_range(map, reg, val_count) || map->cache_bypass ||
 	    map->cache_type == REGCACHE_NONE) {
+		if (!map->bus->read) {
+			ret = -ENOTSUPP;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		/* Physical block read if there's no cache involved */
 		ret = _regmap_raw_read(map, reg, val, val_len);