diff --git a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
index 1c8a44d0d6e4..d9083308f6ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ static int parse_qcomsmem_part(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	int ret, i, numparts;
 	char *name, *c;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR_USE_4K_SECTORS)
+			&& mtd->type == MTD_NORFLASH) {
+		pr_err("%s: SMEM partition parser is incompatible with 4K sectors\n",
+				mtd->name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	pr_debug("Parsing partition table info from SMEM\n");
 	ptable = qcom_smem_get(SMEM_APPS, SMEM_AARM_PARTITION_TABLE, &len);
 	if (IS_ERR(ptable)) {