diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
index 0aade05f47fa6cf2c6e17ddd259f181b24c5f1ac..a8e8289e0b358dfdda8c15d3a3aa6c69834d3a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
@@ -918,7 +918,15 @@ int tpm_tis_core_init(struct device *dev, struct tpm_tis_data *priv, int irq,
 	intmask |= TPM_INTF_CMD_READY_INT | TPM_INTF_LOCALITY_CHANGE_INT |
 		   TPM_INTF_DATA_AVAIL_INT | TPM_INTF_STS_VALID_INT;
 	intmask &= ~TPM_GLOBAL_INT_ENABLE;
+
+	rc = request_locality(chip, 0);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
 	tpm_tis_write32(priv, TPM_INT_ENABLE(priv->locality), intmask);
+	release_locality(chip, 0);
 
 	rc = tpm2_probe(chip);
 	if (rc)