1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/nvmem.c b/drivers/rtc/nvmem.c
index 293df6db7c42..fd1c39a5ade5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/nvmem.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/nvmem.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static void rtc_nvram_unregister(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 int rtc_nvmem_register(struct rtc_device *rtc,
                        struct nvmem_config *nvmem_config)
 {
+        if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rtc->nvmem))
+                return -EBUSY;
+
         if (!nvmem_config)
                 return -ENODEV;