diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
index 215e77d3b6d93..622bdae6182c0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
@@ -869,8 +869,12 @@ static irqreturn_t max17042_thread_handler(int id, void *dev)
 {
 	struct max17042_chip *chip = dev;
 	u32 val;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17042_STATUS, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 
-	regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17042_STATUS, &val);
 	if ((val & STATUS_INTR_SOCMIN_BIT) ||
 		(val & STATUS_INTR_SOCMAX_BIT)) {
 		dev_info(&chip->client->dev, "SOC threshold INTR\n");