diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
index 1e6b29c04771..dcb96c2b2820 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
@@ -2972,6 +2972,12 @@ static int dpaa2_switch_init(struct fsl_mc_device *sw_dev)
 		goto err_close;
 	}
 
+	if (!ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs) {
+		dev_err(dev, "DPSW device has no interfaces\n");
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
 	err = dpsw_get_api_version(ethsw->mc_io, 0,
 				   &ethsw->major,
 				   &ethsw->minor);