diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
index 3e10738546bc..229643bf9b88 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
@@ -3558,6 +3558,12 @@ static int dsi_display_clocks_init(struct dsi_display *display)
 
 	num_clk = dsi_display_get_clocks_count(display, dsi_clock_name);
 
+	if (num_clk <= 0) {
+		rc = num_clk;
+		DSI_WARN("failed to read %s, rc = %d\n", dsi_clock_name, num_clk);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	DSI_DEBUG("clk count=%d\n", num_clk);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_clk; i++) {