diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
index c5309ccf502e5..8e363174f9d65 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -1253,8 +1253,9 @@ static int davinci_mmcsd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pdev->id_entry = match->data;
 		ret = mmc_of_parse(mmc);
 		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-				"could not parse of data: %d\n", ret);
+			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+					"could not parse of data: %d\n", ret);
 			goto parse_fail;
 		}
 	} else {