diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
index 357e9daf94ae..254ecd76e8be 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ static int __init plic_init(struct device_node *node,
 		}
 
 		cpu = riscv_hartid_to_cpuid(hartid);
+		if (cpu < 0) {
+			pr_warn("Invalid cpuid for context %d\n", i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		handler = per_cpu_ptr(&plic_handlers, cpu);
 		handler->present = true;
 		handler->ctxid = i;