diff --git a/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx.c b/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx.c
index 01bfea1cb64a..1e8780299d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx.c
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ static int __init imx_soc_device_init(void)
 	u32 val;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Return early if this is running on devices with different SoCs */
+	if (!__mxc_cpu_type)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,ls1021a"))
 		return 0;