diff --git a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
index 05e740757a..bab7a3d099 100644
--- a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ int iommu_domain_init(struct domain *d, unsigned int opts)
     struct domain_iommu *hd = dom_iommu(d);
     int ret = 0;
 
+    if ( is_hardware_domain(d) )
+        check_hwdom_reqs(d); /* may modify iommu_hwdom_strict */
+
     if ( !is_iommu_enabled(d) )
         return 0;
 
@@ -187,9 +190,6 @@ int iommu_domain_init(struct domain *d, unsigned int opts)
     if ( ret || is_system_domain(d) )
         return ret;
 
-    if ( is_hardware_domain(d) )
-        check_hwdom_reqs(d); /* may modify iommu_hwdom_strict */
-
     /*
      * Use shared page tables for HAP and IOMMU if the global option
      * is enabled (from which we can infer the h/w is capable) and