diff --git a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
index 4b11202061bef686b62275f59690e2d4fa29778f..e550dcb1d394b180f5b740a730ce1b0bcd8c30c5 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ int stmpe_probe(struct stmpe_client_info *ci, int partnum)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		stmpe_of_probe(pdata, np);
+
+		if (of_find_property(np, "interrupts", NULL) == NULL)
+			ci->irq = -1;
 	}
 
 	stmpe = devm_kzalloc(ci->dev, sizeof(struct stmpe), GFP_KERNEL);