diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpmcp-cmd.h b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpmcp-cmd.h
index c6f4ec0dd37ac294a0b4bbd0480eb6dc4ddfc415..c9b52dd7ba31dcc6a0f0d994b241fa91062b6c59 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpmcp-cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/dpmcp-cmd.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #ifndef _FSL_DPMCP_CMD_H
 #define _FSL_DPMCP_CMD_H
 
-/* DPMCP Version */
-#define DPMCP_VER_MAJOR				3
-#define DPMCP_VER_MINOR				0
+/* Minimal supported DPMCP Version */
+#define DPMCP_MIN_VER_MAJOR				3
+#define DPMCP_MIN_VER_MINOR				0
 
 /* Command IDs */
 #define DPMCP_CMDID_CLOSE				0x800
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
index 73a75a65d984b49186dd2d24c2deb04d6280fa02..e02d5e554b908bee9f623d7174c1147bac85306b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
@@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ int __must_check fsl_mc_portal_allocate(struct fsl_mc_device *mc_dev,
 	if (WARN_ON(!dpmcp_dev))
 		goto error_cleanup_resource;
 
+	if (dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.ver_major < DPMCP_MIN_VER_MAJOR ||
+	    (dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.ver_major == DPMCP_MIN_VER_MAJOR &&
+	     dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.ver_minor < DPMCP_MIN_VER_MINOR)) {
+		dev_err(&dpmcp_dev->dev,
+			"ERROR: Version %d.%d of DPMCP not supported.\n",
+			dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.ver_major,
+			dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.ver_minor);
+		error = -ENOTSUPP;
+		goto error_cleanup_resource;
+	}
+
 	if (WARN_ON(dpmcp_dev->obj_desc.region_count == 0))
 		goto error_cleanup_resource;