diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
index 722576f1732aa733371aee191986995c52be01b6..9b3f74f3f7b205874342e7a88a5b0cd9307be47e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
@@ -2213,6 +2213,11 @@ static int lgdt3306a_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct dvb_frontend *fe;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!client->dev.platform_data) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "platform data is mandatory\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	config = kmemdup(client->dev.platform_data,
 			 sizeof(struct lgdt3306a_config), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (config == NULL) {