diff --git a/drivers/soc/bcm/brcmstb/common.c b/drivers/soc/bcm/brcmstb/common.c
index 781ada62d0a3..4fe1cb73b39a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/bcm/brcmstb/common.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/bcm/brcmstb/common.c
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ early_initcall(brcmstb_soc_device_early_init);
 static int __init brcmstb_soc_device_init(void)
 {
 	struct soc_device_attribute *soc_dev_attr;
+	struct device_node *sun_top_ctrl;
 	struct soc_device *soc_dev;
 
+	sun_top_ctrl = of_find_matching_node(NULL, sun_top_ctrl_match);
+	if (!sun_top_ctrl)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	soc_dev_attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*soc_dev_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!soc_dev_attr)
 		return -ENOMEM;