diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
index 66963eeb4db068dfcef9a5a318e5410aba0b07f7..e0cff1935fbd0cf1741112f8bfea7b8e19967cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
@@ -2203,9 +2203,15 @@ static int vc4_hdmi_cec_init(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi)
 {
 	struct cec_connector_info conn_info;
 	struct platform_device *pdev = vc4_hdmi->pdev;
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	u32 value;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!of_find_property(dev->of_node, "interrupts", NULL)) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "'interrupts' DT property is missing, no CEC\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	vc4_hdmi->cec_adap = cec_allocate_adapter(&vc4_hdmi_cec_adap_ops,
 						  vc4_hdmi, "vc4",
 						  CEC_CAP_DEFAULTS |