diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 5c4d5f649771..b5e195d739a1 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -2926,6 +2926,7 @@ static struct platform_driver arm_smmu_driver = {
 	.driver	= {
 		.name		= "arm-smmu-v3",
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(arm_smmu_of_match),
+		.probe_type		= PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 	.probe	= arm_smmu_device_probe,
 	.remove	= arm_smmu_device_remove,