diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
index d5a80fa3e6251..c3d95e7af1e42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ static struct hdmi *msm_hdmi_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* HDCP needs physical address of hdmi register */
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM,
 		config->mmio_name);
+	if (!res) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 	hdmi->mmio_phy_addr = res->start;
 
 	hdmi->qfprom_mmio = msm_ioremap(pdev,