diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/event/rockchip-dfi.c b/drivers/devfreq/event/rockchip-dfi.c
index 9a88faaf8..4dafdf231 100755
--- a/drivers/devfreq/event/rockchip-dfi.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/event/rockchip-dfi.c
@@ -194,14 +194,15 @@ static int rockchip_dfi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(data->clk);
 	}
 
-	/* try to find the optional reference to the pmu syscon */
 	node = of_parse_phandle(np, "rockchip,pmu", 0);
-	if (node) {
-		data->regmap_pmu = syscon_node_to_regmap(node);
-		of_node_put(node);
-		if (IS_ERR(data->regmap_pmu))
-			return PTR_ERR(data->regmap_pmu);
-	}
+	if (!node)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENODEV, "Can't find pmu_grf registers\n");
+
+	data->regmap_pmu = syscon_node_to_regmap(node);
+	of_node_put(node);
+	if (IS_ERR(data->regmap_pmu))
+		return PTR_ERR(data->regmap_pmu);
+
 	data->dev = dev;
 
 	desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL);