diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
index be73974ce449..6ff81027c69d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ static int register_device_clock(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	if (!lpss_clk_dev)
 		lpt_register_clock_device();
 
+	if (IS_ERR(lpss_clk_dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(lpss_clk_dev);
+
 	clk_data = platform_get_drvdata(lpss_clk_dev);
 	if (!clk_data)
 		return -ENODEV;