diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
index 85219b5e1f41..bc400669ee02 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
@@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ static int qcom_llcc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	u32 version;
 	struct regmap *regmap;
 
+	if (!IS_ERR(drv_data))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	drv_data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drv_data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;