diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
index c0b1c2c19444..1b39e9ae7ac1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
@@ -1221,10 +1221,10 @@ static bool iort_pci_rc_supports_ats(struct acpi_iort_node *node)
 static int iort_iommu_xlate(struct device *dev, struct acpi_iort_node *node,
 			    u32 streamid)
 {
-	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
 	struct fwnode_handle *iort_fwnode;
 
-	if (!node)
+	/* If there's no SMMU driver at all, give up now */
+	if (!node || !iort_iommu_driver_enabled(node->type))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	iort_fwnode = iort_get_fwnode(node);
@@ -1232,19 +1232,10 @@ static int iort_iommu_xlate(struct device *dev, struct acpi_iort_node *node,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the ops look-up fails, this means that either
-	 * the SMMU drivers have not been probed yet or that
-	 * the SMMU drivers are not built in the kernel;
-	 * Depending on whether the SMMU drivers are built-in
-	 * in the kernel or not, defer the IOMMU configuration
-	 * or just abort it.
+	 * If the SMMU drivers are enabled but not loaded/probed
+	 * yet, this will defer.
 	 */
-	ops = iommu_ops_from_fwnode(iort_fwnode);
-	if (!ops)
-		return iort_iommu_driver_enabled(node->type) ?
-		       -EPROBE_DEFER : -ENODEV;
-
-	return acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(dev, streamid, iort_fwnode, ops);
+	return acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(dev, streamid, iort_fwnode);
 }
 
 struct iort_pci_alias_info {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index b1a88992c1a9..9d36fc3dc5ac 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1578,10 +1578,9 @@ int acpi_dma_get_range(struct device *dev, const struct bus_dma_region **map)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IOMMU_API
 int acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, u32 id,
-			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
-			   const struct iommu_ops *ops)
+			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
-	int ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, fwnode, ops);
+	int ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, fwnode);
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = iommu_fwspec_add_ids(dev, &id, 1);
@@ -1640,8 +1639,7 @@ static int acpi_iommu_configure_id(struct device *dev, const u32 *id_in)
 #else /* !CONFIG_IOMMU_API */
 
 int acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, u32 id,
-			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
-			   const struct iommu_ops *ops)
+			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/viot.c b/drivers/acpi/viot.c
index c8025921c129..2aa69a2fba73 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/viot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/viot.c
@@ -307,21 +307,14 @@ void __init acpi_viot_init(void)
 static int viot_dev_iommu_init(struct device *dev, struct viot_iommu *viommu,
 			       u32 epid)
 {
-	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
-
-	if (!viommu)
+	if (!viommu || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* We're not translating ourself */
 	if (device_match_fwnode(dev, viommu->fwnode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ops = iommu_ops_from_fwnode(viommu->fwnode);
-	if (!ops)
-		return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU) ?
-			-EPROBE_DEFER : -ENODEV;
-
-	return acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(dev, epid, viommu->fwnode, ops);
+	return acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(dev, epid, viommu->fwnode);
 }
 
 static int viot_pci_dev_iommu_init(struct pci_dev *pdev, u16 dev_id, void *data)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
index c572d877b0e1..21c77dbb5ada 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu/arm-smmu.c
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ static int arm_smmu_register_legacy_master(struct device *dev,
 		it.cur_count = 1;
 	}
 
-	err = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &smmu_dev->of_node->fwnode,
-				&arm_smmu_ops);
+	err = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h b/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
index 5f731d994803..078cafcf49b4 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu-priv.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ static inline const struct iommu_ops *dev_iommu_ops(struct device *dev)
 	return dev->iommu->iommu_dev->ops;
 }
 
+const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops_from_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
+
 int iommu_group_replace_domain(struct iommu_group *group,
 			       struct iommu_domain *new_domain);
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index f01133b906e2..07a647e34c72 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -2822,11 +2822,14 @@ const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops_from_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode
 	return ops;
 }
 
-int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode,
-		      const struct iommu_ops *ops)
+int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode)
 {
+	const struct iommu_ops *ops = iommu_ops_from_fwnode(iommu_fwnode);
 	struct iommu_fwspec *fwspec = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev);
 
+	if (!ops)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
 	if (fwspec)
 		return ops == fwspec->ops ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 
@@ -2838,7 +2841,7 @@ int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode,
 	if (!fwspec)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	of_node_get(to_of_node(iommu_fwnode));
+	fwnode_handle_get(iommu_fwnode);
 	fwspec->iommu_fwnode = iommu_fwnode;
 	fwspec->ops = ops;
 	dev_iommu_fwspec_set(dev, fwspec);
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
index a9fa2a54dc9b..59b1f8701e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int mtk_iommu_v1_create_mapping(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (!fwspec) {
-		ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &args->np->fwnode, &mtk_iommu_v1_ops);
+		ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &args->np->fwnode);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		fwspec = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
index 3afe0b48a48d..bbfe960cdc13 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/of_iommu.c
@@ -21,26 +21,19 @@ static int of_iommu_xlate(struct device *dev,
 			  struct of_phandle_args *iommu_spec)
 {
 	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
-	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = &iommu_spec->np->fwnode;
 	int ret;
 
-	ops = iommu_ops_from_fwnode(fwnode);
-	if ((ops && !ops->of_xlate) ||
-	    !of_device_is_available(iommu_spec->np))
+	if (!of_device_is_available(iommu_spec->np))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, fwnode, ops);
+	ret = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &iommu_spec->np->fwnode);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return driver_deferred_probe_check_state(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	/*
-	 * The otherwise-empty fwspec handily serves to indicate the specific
-	 * IOMMU device we're waiting for, which will be useful if we ever get
-	 * a proper probe-ordering dependency mechanism in future.
-	 */
-	if (!ops)
-		return driver_deferred_probe_check_state(dev);
 
-	if (!try_module_get(ops->owner))
+	ops = dev_iommu_fwspec_get(dev)->ops;
+	if (!ops->of_xlate || !try_module_get(ops->owner))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = ops->of_xlate(dev, iommu_spec);
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
index 14e525bd0d9b..bd8143b82eac 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static int tegra_smmu_configure(struct tegra_smmu *smmu, struct device *dev,
 	const struct iommu_ops *ops = smmu->iommu.ops;
 	int err;
 
-	err = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &dev->of_node->fwnode, ops);
+	err = iommu_fwspec_init(dev, &dev->of_node->fwnode);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to initialize fwspec: %d\n", err);
 		return err;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 5de954e2b18a..589cd697738f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -724,8 +724,7 @@ struct iommu_ops;
 bool acpi_dma_supported(const struct acpi_device *adev);
 enum dev_dma_attr acpi_get_dma_attr(struct acpi_device *adev);
 int acpi_iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, u32 id,
-			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
-			   const struct iommu_ops *ops);
+			   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
 int acpi_dma_get_range(struct device *dev, const struct bus_dma_region **map);
 int acpi_dma_configure_id(struct device *dev, enum dev_dma_attr attr,
 			   const u32 *input_id);
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index ae6e5adebbd1..0614b2736d66 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -1002,11 +1002,9 @@ struct iommu_mm_data {
 	struct list_head	sva_handles;
 };
 
-int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode,
-		      const struct iommu_ops *ops);
+int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode);
 void iommu_fwspec_free(struct device *dev);
 int iommu_fwspec_add_ids(struct device *dev, const u32 *ids, int num_ids);
-const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops_from_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
 
 static inline struct iommu_fwspec *dev_iommu_fwspec_get(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1312,8 +1310,7 @@ static inline void iommu_device_unlink(struct device *dev, struct device *link)
 }
 
 static inline int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev,
-				    struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode,
-				    const struct iommu_ops *ops)
+				    struct fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
@@ -1328,12 +1325,6 @@ static inline int iommu_fwspec_add_ids(struct device *dev, u32 *ids,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static inline
-const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops_from_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static inline int
 iommu_dev_enable_feature(struct device *dev, enum iommu_dev_features feat)
 {
