diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
index de205a34ffc6..ea9f8e484e35 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,6 @@ static struct iommu_device *arm_smmu_probe_device(struct device *dev)
 out_cfg_free:
 	kfree(cfg);
 out_free:
-	iommu_fwspec_free(dev);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h b/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
index b4508423e13b..fed55fbfe99c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static inline const struct iommu_ops *iommu_fwspec_ops(struct iommu_fwspec *fwsp
 	return iommu_ops_from_fwnode(fwspec ? fwspec->iommu_fwnode : NULL);
 }
 
+void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev);
+
 int iommu_device_register_bus(struct iommu_device *iommu,
 			      const struct iommu_ops *ops,
 			      const struct bus_type *bus,
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index d96cfb3af8a3..ac4731d13a83 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -2837,7 +2837,6 @@ void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev)
 		dev_iommu_fwspec_set(dev, NULL);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_fwspec_free);
 
 int iommu_fwspec_add_ids(struct device *dev, const u32 *ids, int num_ids)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
index a565b9e40f4a..3e724e7f10f0 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
@@ -446,22 +446,13 @@ static int mtk_iommu_v1_create_mapping(struct device *dev,
 
 static struct iommu_device *mtk_iommu_v1_probe_device(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct iommu_fwspec *fwspec = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev);
+	struct iommu_fwspec *fwspec = NULL;
 	struct of_phandle_args iommu_spec;
 	struct mtk_iommu_v1_data *data;
 	int err, idx = 0, larbid, larbidx;
 	struct device_link *link;
 	struct device *larbdev;
 
-	/*
-	 * In the deferred case, free the existed fwspec.
-	 * Always initialize the fwspec internally.
-	 */
-	if (fwspec) {
-		iommu_fwspec_free(dev);
-		fwspec = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev);
-	}
-
 	while (!of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "iommus",
 					   "#iommu-cells",
 					   idx, &iommu_spec)) {
@@ -476,6 +467,9 @@ static struct iommu_device *mtk_iommu_v1_probe_device(struct device *dev)
 		idx++;
 	}
 
+	if (!fwspec)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
 	data = dev_iommu_priv_get(dev);
 
 	/* Link the consumer device with the smi-larb device(supplier) */
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
index 7f633bb5efef..69d353e1df84 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
@@ -846,7 +846,6 @@ static int tegra_smmu_configure(struct tegra_smmu *smmu, struct device *dev,
 	err = ops->of_xlate(dev, args);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to parse SW group ID: %d\n", err);
-		iommu_fwspec_free(dev);
 		return err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index e93d2e918599..cf8c16ba04a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -1099,7 +1099,6 @@ struct iommu_mm_data {
 };
 
 int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode);
-void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev);
 int iommu_fwspec_add_ids(struct device *dev, const u32 *ids, int num_ids);
 
 static inline struct iommu_fwspec *dev_iommu_fwspec_get(struct device *dev)
@@ -1410,10 +1409,6 @@ static inline int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static inline void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int iommu_fwspec_add_ids(struct device *dev, u32 *ids,
 				       int num_ids)
 {