diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imxwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/imxwd.c
index 63c5605..31c3d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imxwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imxwd.c
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
 
 	priv = xzalloc(sizeof(struct imx_wd));
 	priv->base = dev_request_mem_region(dev, 0);
+	if (!priv->base) {
+		dev_err(dev, "could not get memory region\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 	priv->set_timeout = fn;
 	priv->wd.set_timeout = imx_watchdog_set_timeout;
 	priv->dev = dev;