diff --git a/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c b/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
index 1a31ddf713979..060eeb056486f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ int __ref xen_swiotlb_init(int verbose, bool early)
 	bytes = nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
 	order = get_order(bytes);
 
-	/*
-	 * IO TLB memory already allocated. Just use it.
-	 */
-	if (io_tlb_start != 0)
-		goto end;
-
 	/*
 	 * Get IO TLB memory from any location.
 	 */
@@ -232,7 +226,6 @@ int __ref xen_swiotlb_init(int verbose, bool early)
 	} else
 		rc = swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(start, nslabs);
 
-end:
 	if (!rc)
 		swiotlb_set_max_segment(PAGE_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 5fe8781be6f26..35e24f0ff8b20 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ int __init swiotlb_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs, int verbose)
 	unsigned long i, bytes;
 	size_t alloc_size;
 
+	/* protect against double initialization */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(io_tlb_start))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	bytes = nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
 
 	io_tlb_nslabs = nslabs;
@@ -367,6 +371,10 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs)
 {
 	unsigned long i, bytes;
 
+	/* protect against double initialization */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(io_tlb_start))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	bytes = nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
 
 	io_tlb_nslabs = nslabs;