diff --git a/drivers/spi/designware_spi.c b/drivers/spi/designware_spi.c
index 32de33f6950..e8ba80ef41d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/designware_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/designware_spi.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static int dw_spi_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *bus)
 	struct dw_spi_platdata *plat = bus->platdata;
 
 	plat->regs = dev_read_addr_ptr(bus);
+	if (!plat->regs)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Use 500KHz as a suitable default */
 	plat->frequency = dev_read_u32_default(bus, "spi-max-frequency",