diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-mityomapl138.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-mityomapl138.c
index d97c588550ad..bc4e63fa9808 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-mityomapl138.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-mityomapl138.c
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ static void read_factory_config(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, void *context)
 	const char *partnum = NULL;
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
 
+	if (!IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_NVMEM)) {
+		pr_warn("Factory Config not available without CONFIG_NVMEM\n");
+		goto bad_config;
+	}
+
 	ret = nvmem_device_read(nvmem, 0, sizeof(factory_config),
 				&factory_config);
 	if (ret != sizeof(struct factory_config)) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
index f55ef2ef2f92..742133b7266a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ void davinci_get_mac_addr(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, void *context)
 	char *mac_addr = davinci_soc_info.emac_pdata->mac_addr;
 	off_t offset = (off_t)context;
 
+	if (!IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_NVMEM)) {
+		pr_warn("Cannot read MAC addr from EEPROM without CONFIG_NVMEM\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* Read MAC addr from EEPROM */
 	if (nvmem_device_read(nvmem, offset, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr) == ETH_ALEN)
 		pr_info("Read MAC addr from EEPROM: %pM\n", mac_addr);