diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
index a00880ede..e5462646a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ int nvgpu_probe(struct gk20a *g,
 	/* Initialize the platform interface. */
 	err = platform->probe(g->dev);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(g->dev, "platform probe failed");
+		if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_info(g->dev, "platform probe failed");
+		else
+			dev_err(g->dev, "platform probe failed");
 		return err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
index a8c288260..2b1c93dd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
@@ -668,7 +668,10 @@ int vgpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Initialize the platform interface. */
 	err = platform->probe(dev);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "platform probe failed");
+		if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_info(dev, "platform probe failed");
+		else
+			dev_err(dev, "platform probe failed");
 		return err;
 	}