diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
index b320b1d9aa01..2d40736fc37c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
 	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list;
-	struct device_node *np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
-	struct device_node *prev = NULL;
+	struct device_node *np, *prev;
 	int levels = 1, level = 1;
 
 	if (!acpi_disabled) {
@@ -105,6 +104,10 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
+	if (!np)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "cache-size"))
 		ci_leaf_init(this_leaf++, CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED, level);
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "i-cache-size"))