diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
index 48ab46726707..570560a66c17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ int msm_hdmi_modeset_init(struct hdmi *hdmi,
 	struct platform_device *pdev = hdmi->pdev;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (priv->num_bridges == ARRAY_SIZE(priv->bridges)) {
+		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "too many bridges\n");
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
 	hdmi->dev = dev;
 	hdmi->encoder = encoder;