diff --git a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
index 41f4eb005219..5696314ae69e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int of_iommu_xlate(struct device *dev,
 	 * a proper probe-ordering dependency mechanism in future.
 	 */
 	if (!ops)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return driver_deferred_probe_check_state(dev);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(ops->owner))
 		return -ENODEV;