diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 84fc32a2c8b3..ebfdb5503701 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ int ib_register_device(struct ib_device *device,
 	struct ib_udata uhw = {.outlen = 0, .inlen = 0};
 	struct device *parent = device->dev.parent;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(device->dma_device);
 	if (device->dev.dma_ops) {
 		/*
@@ -455,16 +454,25 @@ int ib_register_device(struct ib_device *device,
 		 * into device->dev.
 		 */
 		device->dma_device = &device->dev;
-		if (!device->dev.dma_mask)
-			device->dev.dma_mask = parent->dma_mask;
-		if (!device->dev.coherent_dma_mask)
-			device->dev.coherent_dma_mask =
-				parent->coherent_dma_mask;
+		if (!device->dev.dma_mask) {
+			if (parent)
+				device->dev.dma_mask = parent->dma_mask;
+			else
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+		}
+		if (!device->dev.coherent_dma_mask) {
+			if (parent)
+				device->dev.coherent_dma_mask =
+					parent->coherent_dma_mask;
+			else
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+		}
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * The caller did not provide custom DMA operations. Use the
 		 * DMA mapping operations of the parent device.
 		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent);
 		device->dma_device = parent;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index abc5ab581f82..0a1e96c25ca3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,6 @@ int ib_device_register_sysfs(struct ib_device *device,
 	int ret;
 	int i;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!device->dev.parent);
 	ret = dev_set_name(class_dev, "%s", device->name);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;