diff --git a/drivers/net/can/ifi_canfd/ifi_canfd.c b/drivers/net/can/ifi_canfd/ifi_canfd.c
index acfa7bfb98af..6c676403f823 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/ifi_canfd/ifi_canfd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/ifi_canfd/ifi_canfd.c
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@
 #define IFI_CANFD_SYSCLOCK			0x50
 
 #define IFI_CANFD_VER				0x54
+#define IFI_CANFD_VER_REV_MASK			0xff
+#define IFI_CANFD_VER_REV_MIN_SUPPORTED		0x15
 
 #define IFI_CANFD_IP_ID				0x58
 #define IFI_CANFD_IP_ID_VALUE			0xD073CAFD
@@ -943,7 +945,7 @@ static int ifi_canfd_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res;
 	void __iomem *addr;
 	int irq, ret;
-	u32 id;
+	u32 id, rev;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	addr = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
@@ -957,6 +959,13 @@ static int ifi_canfd_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	rev = readl(addr + IFI_CANFD_VER) & IFI_CANFD_VER_REV_MASK;
+	if (rev < IFI_CANFD_VER_REV_MIN_SUPPORTED) {
+		dev_err(dev, "This block is too old (rev %i), minimum supported is rev %i\n",
+			rev, IFI_CANFD_VER_REV_MIN_SUPPORTED);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ndev = alloc_candev(sizeof(*priv), 1);
 	if (!ndev)
 		return -ENOMEM;