diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
index c763c0a03140..f336a9543273 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ static int s5p_mfc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	dev->variant = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!dev->variant) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get device MFC hardware variant information\n");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	dev->regs_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);