diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index fb21a7745db2efb37b7a1e917d33bb7d0090ea3a..4631b1796482ee0c9d24962814075e63d695af05 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -1858,10 +1858,12 @@ static int domain_init(struct dmar_domain *domain, struct intel_iommu *iommu,
 
 	init_iova_domain(&domain->iovad, VTD_PAGE_SIZE, IOVA_START_PFN);
 
-	err = init_iova_flush_queue(&domain->iovad,
-				    iommu_flush_iova, iova_entry_free);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (!intel_iommu_strict) {
+		err = init_iova_flush_queue(&domain->iovad,
+					    iommu_flush_iova, iova_entry_free);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	domain_reserve_special_ranges(domain);
 
@@ -5199,6 +5201,7 @@ static struct iommu_domain *intel_iommu_domain_alloc(unsigned type)
 {
 	struct dmar_domain *dmar_domain;
 	struct iommu_domain *domain;
+	int ret;
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA:
@@ -5215,11 +5218,14 @@ static struct iommu_domain *intel_iommu_domain_alloc(unsigned type)
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA &&
-		    init_iova_flush_queue(&dmar_domain->iovad,
-					  iommu_flush_iova, iova_entry_free)) {
-			pr_warn("iova flush queue initialization failed\n");
-			intel_iommu_strict = 1;
+		if (!intel_iommu_strict && type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA) {
+			ret = init_iova_flush_queue(&dmar_domain->iovad,
+						    iommu_flush_iova,
+						    iova_entry_free);
+			if (ret) {
+				pr_warn("iova flush queue initialization failed\n");
+				intel_iommu_strict = 1;
+			}
 		}
 
 		domain_update_iommu_cap(dmar_domain);