diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
index 808f6af83b15..ff00d1d8bd26 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
@@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@ static int omapfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (fbdev->num_displays == 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no displays\n");
-		r = -EINVAL;
+		r = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}