diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/Kconfig
index e7f6ba49d8..4ba83f8817 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/Kconfig
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ config ACPI_BERT_SIZE
 	  Specify the amount of DRAM reserved for gathering the data used to
 	  generate the ACPI table.
 
+config HAVE_PAM0_REGISTER
+	bool
+	default y
+	help
+	  Specify if the SOC has a PAM0 register
+
 endif
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/systemagent.c b/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/systemagent.c
index 0861e62fc8..c2ce999c9f 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/systemagent.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/systemagent/systemagent.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void enable_power_aware_intr(void)
 void sa_lock_pam(void)
 {
 	const struct device *dev = pcidev_path_on_root(SA_DEVFN_ROOT);
-	if (!dev)
+	if (!CONFIG(HAVE_PAM0_REGISTER) || !dev)
 		return;
 
 	pci_or_config8(dev, PAM0, PAM_LOCK);