diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-sony-acx565akm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-sony-acx565akm.c
index ebf9ea471d57f2cb3d482c2eab6bdda8423d2e85..8e5bff4e5226d533aa92d74eb9da14ec1958c7a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-sony-acx565akm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-sony-acx565akm.c
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ static int acx565akm_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
+	if (!spi->dev.of_node)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
 
 	ddata = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(*ddata), GFP_KERNEL);