diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra210_ahub.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra210_ahub.c
index ab3c6b2544d2..140cb27f7328 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra210_ahub.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra210_ahub.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,8 @@ static int tegra_ahub_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ahub->soc_data = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!ahub->soc_data)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ahub);