diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-pcie.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-pcie.c
index e6bffb0e2da3..05e73625a619 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-pcie.c
@@ -2300,8 +2300,10 @@ static int qmp_pcie_create(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, int id,
 	    of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "qcom,ipq6018-qmp-pcie-phy"))
 		qphy->pcs_misc = qphy->pcs + 0x400;
 
-	if (!qphy->pcs_misc)
-		dev_vdbg(dev, "PHY pcs_misc-reg not used\n");
+	if (!qphy->pcs_misc) {
+		if (cfg->pcs_misc_tbl || cfg->pcs_misc_tbl_sec)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	qphy->pipe_clk = devm_get_clk_from_child(dev, np, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(qphy->pipe_clk)) {