--- /dev/null
+From ac03137b2283c45ad0538188728d9691fa7a4883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@nxp.com>
+Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:27:27 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] staging: dpaa2-evb: Defer probe if no mc portal is found
+
+Signed-off-by: Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@nxp.com>
+---
+ drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/evb/evb.c | 8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/evb/evb.c
++++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/evb/evb.c
+@@ -1206,10 +1206,14 @@ static int evb_probe(struct fsl_mc_devic
+
+ err = fsl_mc_portal_allocate(evb_dev, FSL_MC_IO_ATOMIC_CONTEXT_PORTAL,
+ &priv->mc_io);
+- if (unlikely(err)) {
+- dev_err(dev, "fsl_mc_portal_allocate err %d\n", err);
++ if (err) {
++ if (err == -ENXIO)
++ err = -EPROBE_DEFER;
++ else
++ dev_err(dev, "fsl_mc_portal_allocate err %d\n", err);
+ goto err_free_netdev;
+ }
++
+ if (!priv->mc_io) {
+ dev_err(dev, "fsl_mc_portal_allocate returned null handle but no error\n");
+ err = -EFAULT;