diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index c52bb5dfaedb..f164f24a4a55 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -950,6 +950,12 @@ static int virtscsi_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	u32 num_queues;
 	struct scsi_host_template *hostt;
 
+	if (!vdev->config->get) {
+		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "%s failure: config access disabled\n",
+			__func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* We need to know how many queues before we allocate. */
 	num_queues = virtscsi_config_get(vdev, num_queues) ? : 1;