diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
index 738a1e4e445e..9e72ee73c2f6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ppc4xx.c
@@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ static int spi_ppc4xx_of_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 
 	/* Request IRQ */
 	hw->irqnum = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
+	if (hw->irqnum <= 0)
+		goto free_host;
+
 	ret = request_irq(hw->irqnum, spi_ppc4xx_int,
 			  0, "spi_ppc4xx_of", (void *)hw);
 	if (ret) {