diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/arm_mhu.c b/drivers/mailbox/arm_mhu.c
index 9da236552bd7..b7fbf276eb62 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/arm_mhu.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/arm_mhu.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ static int mhu_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	struct device *dev = &adev->dev;
 	int mhu_reg[MHU_CHANS] = {MHU_LP_OFFSET, MHU_HP_OFFSET, MHU_SEC_OFFSET};
 
+	if (!of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,mhu"))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* Allocate memory for device */
 	mhu = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mhu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mhu)