diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index eab6a98d62b9..31cdb11cd78d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,9 @@ static int airoha_qdma_init_hfwd_queues(struct airoha_qdma *qdma)
 
 		rmem = of_reserved_mem_lookup(np);
 		of_node_put(np);
+		if (!rmem)
+			return -ENODEV;
+
 		dma_addr = rmem->base;
 		/* Compute the number of hw descriptors according to the
 		 * reserved memory size and the payload buffer size