diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
index aaa761b9081c..cd2eab6aa92e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
@@ -514,8 +514,9 @@ int ahci_platform_init_host(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq <= 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "no irq\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		if (irq != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(dev, "no irq\n");
+		return irq;
 	}
 
 	hpriv->irq = irq;