diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index e5a8bf2c9b37..7e4bec75fcde 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ void __weak pcibios_free_irq(struct pci_dev *dev)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
 static inline bool pci_device_can_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	return (!pdev->is_virtfn || pdev->physfn->sriov->drivers_autoprobe);
+	return (!pdev->is_virtfn || pdev->physfn->sriov->drivers_autoprobe ||
+		pdev->driver_override);
 }
 #else
 static inline bool pci_device_can_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev)