diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
index 0e1f5daaf20cdfc39e4203ae3661718790655827..4607e255e9f8793a7642164c81f6ab8a846a0ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lgdt3306a.c
@@ -2205,6 +2205,11 @@ 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 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lgdt3306a_config), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (config == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;