diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
index 2e06f48d683d1ff1f82c71f15d8eb31f9b92277a..63ff622722d7b7e60688a493c577d07b5bec2334 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ static int qcom_llcc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct llcc_slice_config *llcc_cfg;
 	u32 sz;
 
+	if (!IS_ERR(drv_data))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	drv_data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drv_data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;