diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
index 3a403202bd2889a8f0d7a017a68c4e10e1425b77..d719bf5f9d760db001829b9c4a3400143108bd33 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ static int xiic_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	i2c->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(i2c->clk)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "input clock not found.\n");
+		if (PTR_ERR(i2c->clk) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "input clock not found.\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(i2c->clk);
 	}
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(i2c->clk);