diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/eeprom.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/eeprom.c
index 6392990c984dd1ca462219b70e515a5d75aca9af..e4e64b130514891707408c65d5ac068341e931cb 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/eeprom.c
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ int tb_drom_read_uid_only(struct tb_switch *sw, u64 *uid)
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
+	if (drom_offset == 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* read uid */
 	res = tb_eeprom_read_n(sw, drom_offset, data, 9);
 	if (res)