diff --git a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
index f6eefe1b8f8f1c..843f037a317da3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_player.c
@@ -989,8 +989,8 @@ static int uni_player_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	of_property_read_u32(pnode, "version", &player->ver);
-	if (player->ver == SND_ST_UNIPERIF_VERSION_UNKNOWN) {
+	if (of_property_read_u32(pnode, "version", &player->ver) ||
+	    player->ver == SND_ST_UNIPERIF_VERSION_UNKNOWN) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unknown uniperipheral version ");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -998,10 +998,16 @@ static int uni_player_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (player->ver >= SND_ST_UNIPERIF_VERSION_UNI_PLR_TOP_1_0)
 		info->underflow_enabled = 1;
 
-	of_property_read_u32(pnode, "uniperiph-id", &info->id);
+	if (of_property_read_u32(pnode, "uniperiph-id", &info->id)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "uniperipheral id not defined");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Read the device mode property */
-	of_property_read_string(pnode, "mode", &mode);
+	if (of_property_read_string(pnode, "mode", &mode)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "uniperipheral mode not defined");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (strcasecmp(mode, "hdmi") == 0)
 		info->player_type = SND_ST_UNIPERIF_PLAYER_TYPE_HDMI;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_reader.c b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_reader.c
index c502626f339b8a..f791239a308729 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_reader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sti/uniperif_reader.c
@@ -316,7 +316,11 @@ static int uni_reader_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	of_property_read_u32(node, "version", &reader->ver);
+	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "version", &reader->ver) ||
+	    reader->ver == SND_ST_UNIPERIF_VERSION_UNKNOWN) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unknown uniperipheral version ");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Save the info structure */
 	reader->info = info;