diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index 8b08b31ea2ba..8ada91bdbe4d 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -766,6 +766,10 @@ static int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	}
 
 	mips_gic_base = ioremap(gic_base, gic_len);
+	if (!mips_gic_base) {
+		pr_err("Failed to ioremap gic_base\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	gicconfig = read_gic_config();
 	gic_shared_intrs = gicconfig & GIC_CONFIG_NUMINTERRUPTS;