diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
index 1c049e2e12bf..8d6ca28c3e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
@@ -422,8 +422,12 @@ static int __arm_v7s_map(struct arm_v7s_io_pgtable *data, unsigned long iova,
 			pte |= ARM_V7S_ATTR_NS_TABLE;
 
 		__arm_v7s_set_pte(ptep, pte, 1, cfg);
-	} else {
+	} else if (ARM_V7S_PTE_IS_TABLE(pte, lvl)) {
 		cptep = iopte_deref(pte, lvl);
+	} else {
+		/* We require an unmap first */
+		WARN_ON(!selftest_running);
+		return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
 	/* Rinse, repeat */