diff --git a/drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_core.c b/drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_core.c
index 3b558358666250c755cbc9ef548adbdd55068235..13737be6df35f3118843de8652fe87c56d3369d5 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_core.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ static int intel_soc_pmic_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, pmic);
 
 	pmic->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, config->regmap_config);
+	if (IS_ERR(pmic->regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(pmic->regmap);
+
 	pmic->irq = i2c->irq;
 
 	ret = regmap_add_irq_chip(pmic->regmap, pmic->irq,