diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
index 3256e5cbad27..5bc224834c77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-dwc-qos-eth.c
@@ -455,7 +455,11 @@ static int dwc_eth_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv = data->probe(pdev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(priv);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to probe subdriver: %d\n", ret);
+
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to probe subdriver: %d\n",
+				ret);
+
 		goto remove_config;
 	}