diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index e5bb70374ffc4..f37f80a521150 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -2904,6 +2904,9 @@ int regmap_noinc_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 	size_t read_len;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!map->read)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	if (val_len % map->format.val_bytes)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!IS_ALIGNED(reg, map->reg_stride))