diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
index bcc595c70a9f..104dcd702870 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ static int sh_mmcif_dma_slave_config(struct sh_mmcif_host *host,
 	struct dma_slave_config cfg = { 0, };
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(host->pd, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!res)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	cfg.direction = direction;
 
 	if (direction == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) {