diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu-qcom.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu-qcom.c
index be4318044f96..702fbaa6c9ad 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu-qcom.c
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ struct arm_smmu_device *qcom_smmu_impl_init(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 {
 	struct qcom_smmu *qsmmu;
 
+	/* Check to make sure qcom_scm has finished probing */
+	if (!qcom_scm_is_available())
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
 	qsmmu = devm_kzalloc(smmu->dev, sizeof(*qsmmu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!qsmmu)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);