diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 3e2144e31a..e621cada99 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -2613,16 +2613,10 @@ static HotplugHandler *virt_machine_get_hotplug_handler(MachineState *machine,
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
 
     if (device_is_dynamic_sysbus(mc, dev) ||
-       (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM))) {
+        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) ||
+        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
         return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
     }
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
-        VirtMachineState *vms = VIRT_MACHINE(machine);
-
-        if (!vms->bootinfo.firmware_loaded || !virt_is_acpi_enabled(vms)) {
-            return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
-        }
-    }
     return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu-pci.c
index a160ae6b41..6a1df7fe50 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu-pci.c
@@ -48,16 +48,8 @@ static void virtio_iommu_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
     VirtIOIOMMU *s = VIRTIO_IOMMU(vdev);
 
     if (!qdev_get_machine_hotplug_handler(DEVICE(vpci_dev))) {
-        MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(qdev_get_machine());
-
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "%s machine fails to create iommu-map device tree bindings",
-                   mc->name);
-        error_append_hint(errp,
-                          "Check your machine implements a hotplug handler "
-                          "for the virtio-iommu-pci device\n");
-        error_append_hint(errp, "Check the guest is booted without FW or with "
-                          "-no-acpi\n");
+        error_setg(errp, "Check your machine implements a hotplug handler "
+                         "for the virtio-iommu-pci device");
         return;
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < s->nb_reserved_regions; i++) {