diff --git a/drivers/power/pm2301_charger.c b/drivers/power/pm2301_charger.c
index fef56e2041b325cf9e086d434f1755fbca0a8857..bb346becd7b4fa12fb603e5a88077cad3bc1a763 100644
--- a/drivers/power/pm2301_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/pm2301_charger.c
@@ -1007,9 +1007,14 @@ static int pm2xxx_wall_charger_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client,
 	u8 val;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!pl_data) {
+		dev_err(&i2c_client->dev, "No platform data supplied\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	pm2 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pm2xxx_charger), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pm2) {
-		dev_err(pm2->dev, "pm2xxx_charger allocation failed\n");
+		dev_err(&i2c_client->dev, "pm2xxx_charger allocation failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}