diff --git a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
index be22fcf988cee..1467ba1e4417c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@ static struct iommu_device *mtk_iommu_probe_device(struct device *dev)
 	struct mtk_iommu_data *data;
 	int err, idx = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * 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)) {