diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
index d641119c2df4..1074225ff450 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
@@ -1256,8 +1256,11 @@ static int arm_cspmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = arm_cspmu_request_irq(cspmu);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (ret) {
+		if (counter_size(cspmu) < 64)
+			return ret;
+		dev_info(cspmu->dev, "Continuing without IRQ\n");
+	}
 
 	ret = arm_cspmu_get_cpus(cspmu);
 	if (ret)