diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-cvp.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-cvp.c
index 144fa2a4d4cc..73950851e404 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-cvp.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-cvp.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static int altera_cvp_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct altera_cvp_conf *conf;
 	struct fpga_manager *mgr;
 	u16 cmd, val;
+	u32 regval;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -416,6 +417,14 @@ static int altera_cvp_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	pci_read_config_dword(pdev, VSE_CVP_STATUS, &regval);
+	if (!(regval & VSE_CVP_STATUS_CVP_EN)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+			"CVP is disabled for this device: CVP_STATUS Reg 0x%x\n",
+			regval);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	conf = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf)
 		return -ENOMEM;