1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 409abd282c6c..afcfef838263 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int regcache_init(struct regmap *map)
                 if (!tmp_buf)
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 map->reg_defaults = tmp_buf;
-        } else {
+        } else if (map->num_reg_defaults_raw) {
                 /* Some devices such as PMICs don't have cache defaults,
                  * we cope with this by reading back the HW registers and
                  * crafting the cache defaults by hand.