diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
index 80ab831df349..8716032f030a 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
@@ -2370,6 +2370,8 @@ static int mlxbf_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mlxbf_i2c_init_slave(pdev, priv);
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq < 0)
+		return irq;
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, mlxbf_smbus_irq,
 			       IRQF_ONESHOT | IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_PROBE_SHARED,
 			       dev_name(dev), priv);