diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
index d7a4b9eca5d2..6a84b6372897 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pil.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ static int q6v5_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!desc)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (desc->need_mem_protection && !qcom_scm_is_available())
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
 	rproc = rproc_alloc(&pdev->dev, pdev->name, &q6v5_ops,
 			    desc->hexagon_mba_image, sizeof(*qproc));
 	if (!rproc) {