diff --git a/drivers/soc/tegra/pmc.c b/drivers/soc/tegra/pmc.c
index 8a421a0b1ecebc0ac32dcb8c4331c3e49fd272df..52a9e970366890191734152aa211d2b46938b23b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/tegra/pmc.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/tegra/pmc.c
@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ int tegra_powergate_sequence_power_up(unsigned int id, struct clk *clk,
 	struct tegra_powergate pg;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!tegra_powergate_is_available(id))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pg.id = id;
 	pg.clks = &clk;
 	pg.num_clks = 1;