1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
index ca18612c4201..67b2065e7a19 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
@@ -1338,6 +1338,11 @@ int denali_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 
         denali_enable_irq(denali);
         denali_reset_banks(denali);
+        if (!denali->max_banks) {
+                /* Error out earlier if no chip is found for some reasons. */
+                ret = -ENODEV;
+                goto disable_irq;
+        }
 
         denali->active_bank = DENALI_INVALID_BANK;