diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
index ca665b901010..f811c5bc8a26 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static int cros_typec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	typec->dev = dev;
 
 	typec->ec = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
-	if (!typec->ec) {
+	if (!typec->ec || !typec->ec->ec) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "couldn't find parent EC device\n");
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	}