diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
index d0d921e0e589..ce1d9216b5a7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int meson_mx_mmc_add_host(struct meson_mx_mmc_host *host)
 
 	/* Get regulators and the supported OCR mask */
 	ret = mmc_regulator_get_supply(mmc);
-	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	mmc->max_req_size = MESON_MX_SDIO_BOUNCE_REQ_SIZE;