diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index b39d752b0b9961..d807231285cddc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,9 @@ int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!indio_dev->info)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* configure elements for the chrdev */
 	indio_dev->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(iio_devt), indio_dev->id);