diff --git a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
index e6e9bec42e5f..19779b88a479 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ const struct iommu_ops *of_iommu_configure(struct device *dev,
 			ops = ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
+	/* Ignore all other errors apart from EPROBE_DEFER */
+	if (IS_ERR(ops) && (PTR_ERR(ops) != -EPROBE_DEFER)) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "Adding to IOMMU failed: %ld\n", PTR_ERR(ops));
+		ops = NULL;
+	}
+
 	return ops;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index 9416d052cb89..28c38c756f92 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ int of_dma_configure(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np)
 		coherent ? " " : " not ");
 
 	iommu = of_iommu_configure(dev, np);
-	if (IS_ERR(iommu))
-		return PTR_ERR(iommu);
+	if (IS_ERR(iommu) && PTR_ERR(iommu) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "device is%sbehind an iommu\n",
 		iommu ? " " : " not ");