diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cp_intc.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cp_intc.c
index f56a4275083f..6ab56af3be6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cp_intc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cp_intc.c
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ davinci_cp_intc_do_init(const struct davinci_cp_intc_config *config,
 {
 	unsigned int num_regs = BITS_TO_LONGS(config->num_irqs);
 	int offset, irq_base;
+	void __iomem *req;
+
+	req = request_mem_region(config->reg.start,
+				 resource_size(&config->reg),
+				 "davinci-cp-intc");
+	if (!req) {
+		pr_err("%s: register range busy\n", __func__);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
 
 	davinci_cp_intc_base = ioremap(config->reg.start,
 				       resource_size(&config->reg));