diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
index 7daff9f186cd..f0cad2c501f7 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-s32cc.c
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ static int s32_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!np)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (mem_regions == 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "mem_regions is 0\n");
+	if (mem_regions == 0 || mem_regions >= 10000) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "mem_regions is invalid: %u\n", mem_regions);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}