diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 444a0b3c72f2..340ba720c721 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1562,8 +1562,7 @@ static inline const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_fwspec_ops(struct device *dev)
 	return fwspec ? fwspec->ops : NULL;
 }
 
-static const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev,
-						       const u32 *id_in)
+static int acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev, const u32 *id_in)
 {
 	int err;
 	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
@@ -1577,7 +1576,7 @@ static const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev,
 	ops = acpi_iommu_fwspec_ops(dev);
 	if (ops) {
 		mutex_unlock(&iommu_probe_device_lock);
-		return ops;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	err = iort_iommu_configure_id(dev, id_in);
@@ -1594,12 +1593,14 @@ static const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev,
 
 	/* Ignore all other errors apart from EPROBE_DEFER */
 	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+		return err;
 	} else if (err) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "Adding to IOMMU failed: %d\n", err);
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	return acpi_iommu_fwspec_ops(dev);
+	if (!acpi_iommu_fwspec_ops(dev))
+		return -ENODEV;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_IOMMU_API */
@@ -1611,10 +1612,9 @@ int acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, u32 id,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev,
-						       const u32 *id_in)
+static int acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev, const u32 *id_in)
 {
-	return NULL;
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_IOMMU_API */
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ static const struct iommu_ops *acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev,
 int acpi_dma_configure_id(struct device *dev, enum dev_dma_attr attr,
 			  const u32 *input_id)
 {
-	const struct iommu_ops *iommu;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (attr == DEV_DMA_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
 		set_dma_ops(dev, &dma_dummy_ops);
@@ -1637,10 +1637,15 @@ int acpi_dma_configure_id(struct device *dev, enum dev_dma_attr attr,
 
 	acpi_arch_dma_setup(dev);
 
-	iommu = acpi_iommu_configure_id(dev, input_id);
-	if (PTR_ERR(iommu) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+	ret = acpi_iommu_configure_id(dev, input_id);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
+	/*
+	 * Historically this routine doesn't fail driver probing due to errors
+	 * in acpi_iommu_configure_id()
+	 */
+
 	arch_setup_dma_ops(dev, 0, U64_MAX, attr == DEV_DMA_COHERENT);
 
 	return 0;