diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c
index 4186ed20d796..b222ce8d083e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c
@@ -1839,8 +1839,9 @@ static int stm32_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	spi->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (spi->irq <= 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no irq: %d\n", spi->irq);
-		ret = -ENOENT;
+		ret = spi->irq;
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get irq: %d\n", ret);
 		goto err_master_put;
 	}
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, spi->irq,