diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
index d956c67d5155..b6b29ec3d93e 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ static int max17040_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	chip->client = client;
 	chip->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &max17040_regmap);
 	chip->pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
+	if (IS_ERR(chip->regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(chip->regmap);
 	chip_id = (enum chip_id) id->driver_data;
 	if (client->dev.of_node) {
 		ret = max17040_get_of_data(chip);