diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis16400.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis16400.c
index f51878066b2f..d6c0a544ee9b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis16400.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis16400.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,9 @@ static int adis16400_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	/* setup the industrialio driver allocated elements */
 	st->variant = spi_get_device_match_data(spi);
+	if (!st->variant)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
 	indio_dev->name = spi_get_device_id(spi)->name;
 	indio_dev->channels = st->variant->channels;
 	indio_dev->num_channels = st->variant->num_channels;