diff --git a/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_location_strategy.c b/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_location_strategy.c
index 632c682..b9f6a21 100644
--- a/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_location_strategy.c
+++ b/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_location_strategy.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
 
 		struct mm_communicate_caller mm_communicate_caller;
 
+		if (!mm_communicate_caller_check_version())
+			return false;
+
 		mm_communicate_caller_init(&mm_communicate_caller, dev_path);
 
 		uint16_t discovered_partitions[MAX_PARTITION_INSTANCES];
diff --git a/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_service_context.c b/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_service_context.c
index 7e6330d..358210f 100644
--- a/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_service_context.c
+++ b/components/service/locator/linux/mm_communicate/mm_communicate_service_context.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 
 	rpc_session_handle session_handle = NULL;
 
+	if (!mm_communicate_caller_check_version())
+		return NULL;
+
 	struct mm_communicate_caller *mm_communicate_caller =
 		(struct mm_communicate_caller*)malloc(sizeof(struct mm_communicate_caller));