diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
index 0c9d7f8ec9e4..9d9952e391ac 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
@@ -823,10 +823,13 @@ static int cxl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	 */
 	rc = cxl_pci_setup_regs(pdev, CXL_REGLOC_RBI_COMPONENT,
 				&cxlds->reg_map);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			return rc;
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "No component registers (%d)\n", rc);
-	else if (!cxlds->reg_map.component_map.ras.valid)
+	} else if (!cxlds->reg_map.component_map.ras.valid) {
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "RAS registers not found\n");
+	}
 
 	rc = cxl_pci_type3_init_mailbox(cxlds);
 	if (rc)