diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
index 4f47b5e90956..780971318810 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!res)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* We use CPU0's DGT for the watchdog */
 	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "cpu-offset", &percpu_offset))