diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
index c5bc48a4d7a0..5fecee6d972c 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ config MFD_TI_LP87565
 
 config MFD_TPS65218
 	tristate "TI TPS65218 Power Management chips"
-	depends on I2C
+	depends on I2C && OF
 	select MFD_CORE
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	select REGMAP_IRQ
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65218.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65218.c
index 13834a0d2817..910f569ff77c 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/tps65218.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65218.c
@@ -215,17 +215,9 @@ static int tps65218_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 				const struct i2c_device_id *ids)
 {
 	struct tps65218 *tps;
-	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int chipid;
 
-	match = of_match_device(of_tps65218_match_table, &client->dev);
-	if (!match) {
-		dev_err(&client->dev,
-			"Failed to find matching dt id\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	tps = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*tps), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tps)
 		return -ENOMEM;