diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index 2bad40d42210..d806307f19c2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ int of_hwspin_lock_get_id(struct device_node *np, int index)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!of_device_is_available(args.np)) {
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Find the hwspinlock device: we need its base_id */
 	ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	rcu_read_lock();