diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index fc494a84a29d..e0b025689625 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < nirq; i++) {
 		chips->irqs[i] = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
 		if (chips->irqs[i] < 0) {
-			dev_info(dev, "IRQ not populated, err = %d\n",
-				 chips->irqs[i]);
+			if (chips->irqs[i] != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_info(dev, "IRQ not populated, err = %d\n",
+					 chips->irqs[i]);
 			return chips->irqs[i];
 		}
 	}