diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
index c510d0d72475..3b6b8dcc4767 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
@@ -878,10 +878,14 @@ static int pmc_core_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pmcdev->map == &spt_reg_map && !pci_dev_present(pmc_pci_ids))
 		pmcdev->map = &cnp_reg_map;
 
-	if (lpit_read_residency_count_address(&slp_s0_addr))
+	if (lpit_read_residency_count_address(&slp_s0_addr)) {
 		pmcdev->base_addr = PMC_BASE_ADDR_DEFAULT;
-	else
+
+		if (page_is_ram(PHYS_PFN(pmcdev->base_addr)))
+			return -ENODEV;
+	} else {
 		pmcdev->base_addr = slp_s0_addr - pmcdev->map->slp_s0_offset;
+	}
 
 	pmcdev->regbase = ioremap(pmcdev->base_addr,
 				  pmcdev->map->regmap_length);