diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
index 91d110646e16..d9c30e4c80e3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ static int mtk_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		mtk_wdt->wdt_dev.info = &mtk_wdt_pt_info;
 		mtk_wdt->wdt_dev.pretimeout = WDT_MAX_TIMEOUT / 2;
 	} else {
-		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		if (irq != -ENXIO)
+			return irq;
 
 		mtk_wdt->wdt_dev.info = &mtk_wdt_info;
 	}