diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
index 9ce3374846ff188c69ecad208ed2384adfdcea51..ff767dccdf0f62f770c5ef8ad177a8bf88a556e1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
@@ -817,7 +817,8 @@ u32 cros_ec_get_host_event(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev)
 {
 	u32 host_event;
 
-	BUG_ON(!ec_dev->mkbp_event_supported);
+	if (!ec_dev->mkbp_event_supported)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (ec_dev->event_data.event_type != EC_MKBP_EVENT_HOST_EVENT)
 		return 0;