diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
index 29f09ded6e73..d097f45b0e5f 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
@@ -634,7 +634,12 @@ static int zynqmp_ipi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct zynqmp_ipi_mbox *mbox;
 	int num_mboxes, ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	num_mboxes = of_get_child_count(np);
+	num_mboxes = of_get_available_child_count(np);
+	if (num_mboxes == 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "mailbox nodes not available\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(pdata, ipi_mboxes, num_mboxes),
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)