diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
index c05c653d1674e1e8945835b64471893135702c11..e0e2fa725269a4e3e870050d78e8c41e96b13a75 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
@@ -1318,6 +1318,10 @@ static void gpio_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 	if (bank->method == METHOD_GPIO_44XX)
 		isr_reg = bank->base + OMAP4_GPIO_IRQSTATUS0;
 #endif
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!isr_reg))
+		goto exit;
+
 	while(1) {
 		u32 isr_saved, level_mask = 0;
 		u32 enabled;
@@ -1377,6 +1381,7 @@ static void gpio_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 	configured, we must unmask the bank interrupt only after
 	handler(s) are executed in order to avoid spurious bank
 	interrupt */
+exit:
 	if (!unmasked)
 		desc->chip->unmask(irq);