diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/sbsa_sip_svc.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/sbsa_sip_svc.c
index da40c78dd..ed49e915a 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/sbsa_sip_svc.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/sbsa_sip_svc.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ void read_cpuinfo_from_dt(void *dtb)
 	while (node > 0) {
 		if (fdt_getprop(dtb, node, "reg", NULL)) {
 			fdt_get_reg_props_by_index(dtb, node, 0, &mpidr, NULL);
+		} else {
+			ERROR("Incomplete information for cpu %d in DeviceTree.\n", cpu);
+			panic();
 		}
 
 		if (fdt_getprop(dtb, node, "numa-node-id", NULL))  {