diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index 50d535981a35..f8edb3f1b73a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -3579,6 +3579,11 @@ static int efx_ef10_mtd_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 		n_parts++;
 	}
 
+	if (!n_parts) {
+		kfree(parts);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	rc = efx_mtd_add(efx, &parts[0].common, n_parts, sizeof(*parts));
 fail:
 	if (rc)