diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.c b/drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.c
index b6b8a0bb5b2f9bc888c3f35a4f1e82d1048a7972..795fd191faa7089835bad3c3d6398b7691d4e94d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-rockchip.c
@@ -730,8 +730,14 @@ static int rockchip_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->handle_err = rockchip_spi_handle_err;
 
 	rs->dma_tx.ch = dma_request_slave_channel(rs->dev, "tx");
-	if (!rs->dma_tx.ch)
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rs->dma_tx.ch)) {
+		/* Check tx to see if we need defer probing driver */
+		if (PTR_ERR(rs->dma_tx.ch) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			goto err_get_fifo_len;
+		}
 		dev_warn(rs->dev, "Failed to request TX DMA channel\n");
+	}
 
 	rs->dma_rx.ch = dma_request_slave_channel(rs->dev, "rx");
 	if (!rs->dma_rx.ch) {