diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-slice.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-slice.c
index bf5ec56a6395..38acab027dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-slice.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-slice.c
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ int qcom_llcc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	struct platform_device *llcc_edac, *llcc_perfmon;
 	struct device_node *tcm_memory_node;
 
+	if (!IS_ERR(drv_data))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	drv_data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!drv_data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;