diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c b/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
index ad6e2796690a..2b686c55b717 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/at91-sama5d2_shdwc.c
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ static int __init at91_shdwc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!pdev->dev.of_node)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (at91_shdwc)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	at91_shdwc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*at91_shdwc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!at91_shdwc)
 		return -ENOMEM;