diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_main.c
index 5dc31e5df5cb..4a29a53a6652 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_main.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int erdma_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 static int erdma_enum_and_get_netdev(struct erdma_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
+	int ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 	/* Already binded to a net_device, so we skip. */
 	if (dev->netdev)