diff --git a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
index 2113be40b5a9..2895afe9ad19 100644
--- a/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
+++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2015, 2017, 2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2018, 2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -1452,6 +1452,7 @@ static struct platform_driver spmi_pmic_arb_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "spmi_pmic_arb",
 		.of_match_table = spmi_pmic_arb_match_table,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 };
 module_platform_driver(spmi_pmic_arb_driver);