diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_debugfs.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_debugfs.c
index 4e63adf083ea..21d973fc6be2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_debugfs.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static struct platform_driver cros_ec_debugfs_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRV_NAME,
 		.pm = &cros_ec_debugfs_pm_ops,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 	.probe = cros_ec_debugfs_probe,
 	.remove = cros_ec_debugfs_remove,