diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
index 604720629b2ec8069ce63c5c1d14b5433ba10bbd..c5b214cc94e107246deacc228713587182725cde 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ static int rcar_du_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* DRM/KMS objects */
 	ret = rcar_du_modeset_init(rcdu);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to initialize DRM/KMS (%d)\n", ret);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+				"failed to initialize DRM/KMS (%d)\n", ret);
 		goto error;
 	}