diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
index bad4c8a9d1e9..c1b601acfd90 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ static int ad799x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	return 0;
 
 error_free_irq:
-	free_irq(client->irq, indio_dev);
+	if (client->irq > 0)
+		free_irq(client->irq, indio_dev);
 error_cleanup_ring:
 	ad799x_ring_cleanup(indio_dev);
 error_disable_reg: