diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
index 036d54dc52e24d810d0b228603ecfb54981f18c3..cc336457ca808cdbfc6944485b2e805c63639233 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
@@ -712,7 +712,13 @@ static int cros_typec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	typec->dev = dev;
+
 	typec->ec = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
+	if (!typec->ec) {
+		dev_err(dev, "couldn't find parent EC device\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, typec);
 
 	ret = cros_typec_get_cmd_version(typec);