diff --git a/drivers/soc/sunxi/sunxi_sram.c b/drivers/soc/sunxi/sunxi_sram.c
index 99e354c8f53f8cdff0c34c4285a42cef4021565c..c1ff7fa62cb4cf92d3772fe90291c52f8b7fb66a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/sunxi/sunxi_sram.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/sunxi/sunxi_sram.c
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ int sunxi_sram_claim(struct device *dev)
 	u32 val, mask;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(base))
+		return PTR_ERR(base);
+
+	if (!base)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 	if (!dev || !dev->of_node)