diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
index 75a8273d1ae9..f101afc315ab 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s.c
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ static void *__arm_v7s_alloc_table(int lvl, gfp_t gfp,
 		if (dma != phys)
 			goto out_unmap;
 	}
-	kmemleak_ignore(table);
+	if (lvl == 2)
+		kmemleak_ignore(table);
 	return table;
 
 out_unmap: