diff --git a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
index 06a818cd2433f..b2a57fe8479fa 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ static int parse_qcomsmem_part(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	pr_debug("Parsing partition table info from SMEM\n");
 	ptable = qcom_smem_get(SMEM_APPS, SMEM_AARM_PARTITION_TABLE, &len);
 	if (IS_ERR(ptable)) {
-		pr_err("Error reading partition table header\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(ptable) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			pr_err("Error reading partition table header\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(ptable);
 	}