diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index d78c12e7cb5e1ace5f79a9d28f45321e809dea24..486cc4ded1906670c053f110bb09aeee34ea7fa3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -2373,6 +2373,9 @@ static int of_dev_hwmod_lookup(struct device_node *np,
  * registers.  This address is needed early so the OCP registers that
  * are part of the device's address space can be ioremapped properly.
  *
+ * If SYSC access is not needed, the registers will not be remapped
+ * and non-availability of MPU access is not treated as an error.
+ *
  * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if an invalid hwmod is passed, and
  * -ENXIO on absent or invalid register target address space.
  */
@@ -2387,6 +2390,11 @@ static int __init _init_mpu_rt_base(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *data,
 
 	_save_mpu_port_index(oh);
 
+	/* if we don't need sysc access we don't need to ioremap */
+	if (!oh->class->sysc)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* we can't continue without MPU PORT if we need sysc access */
 	if (oh->_int_flags & _HWMOD_NO_MPU_PORT)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
@@ -2396,8 +2404,10 @@ static int __init _init_mpu_rt_base(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *data,
 			 oh->name);
 
 		/* Extract the IO space from device tree blob */
-		if (!np)
+		if (!np) {
+			pr_err("omap_hwmod: %s: no dt node\n", oh->name);
 			return -ENXIO;
+		}
 
 		va_start = of_iomap(np, index + oh->mpu_rt_idx);
 	} else {
@@ -2456,13 +2466,11 @@ static int __init _init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *data)
 				oh->name, np->name);
 	}
 
-	if (oh->class->sysc) {
-		r = _init_mpu_rt_base(oh, NULL, index, np);
-		if (r < 0) {
-			WARN(1, "omap_hwmod: %s: doesn't have mpu register target base\n",
-			     oh->name);
-			return 0;
-		}
+	r = _init_mpu_rt_base(oh, NULL, index, np);
+	if (r < 0) {
+		WARN(1, "omap_hwmod: %s: doesn't have mpu register target base\n",
+		     oh->name);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	r = _init_clocks(oh, NULL);