diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/cirrus/pinctrl-madera-core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/cirrus/pinctrl-madera-core.c
index ece41fb2848f..c4f4d904e4a6 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/cirrus/pinctrl-madera-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/cirrus/pinctrl-madera-core.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static int madera_pin_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* if the configuration is provided through pdata, apply it */
-	if (pdata) {
+	if (pdata && pdata->gpio_configs) {
 		ret = pinctrl_register_mappings(pdata->gpio_configs,
 						pdata->n_gpio_configs);
 		if (ret) {