diff --git a/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c b/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
index 3475e600011a..1edd7e064621 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
@@ -134,12 +134,16 @@ static void bcma_host_soc_block_write(struct bcma_device *core,
 
 static u32 bcma_host_soc_aread32(struct bcma_device *core, u16 offset)
 {
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!core->io_wrap, "Accessed core has no wrapper/agent\n"))
+		return ~0;
 	return readl(core->io_wrap + offset);
 }
 
 static void bcma_host_soc_awrite32(struct bcma_device *core, u16 offset,
 				  u32 value)
 {
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!core->io_wrap, "Accessed core has no wrapper/agent\n"))
+		return;
 	writel(value, core->io_wrap + offset);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/scan.c b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
index b4764c6bcf17..e9bd77249a4c 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
@@ -421,10 +421,13 @@ static int bcma_get_next_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u32 __iomem **eromptr,
 		core->io_addr = ioremap_nocache(core->addr, BCMA_CORE_SIZE);
 		if (!core->io_addr)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		core->io_wrap = ioremap_nocache(core->wrap, BCMA_CORE_SIZE);
-		if (!core->io_wrap) {
-			iounmap(core->io_addr);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (core->wrap) {
+			core->io_wrap = ioremap_nocache(core->wrap,
+							BCMA_CORE_SIZE);
+			if (!core->io_wrap) {
+				iounmap(core->io_addr);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;