diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
index b161a52..9d5ced2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 		clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
 
 	dev->err_interrupt = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (dev->err_interrupt != -ENXIO) {
+	if (dev->err_interrupt > 0) {
 		ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, dev->err_interrupt,
 					orion_mdio_err_irq,
 					IRQF_SHARED, pdev->name, dev);
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@
 
 		writel(MVMDIO_ERR_INT_SMI_DONE,
 			dev->regs + MVMDIO_ERR_INT_MASK);
+
+	} else if (dev->err_interrupt == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&dev->lock);