diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
index e46dbc9..93289b6 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -73,8 +73,19 @@
 	fvp_timer_init();
 
 	/* On FVP RevC, initialize SMMUv3 */
-	if ((arm_config.flags & ARM_CONFIG_FVP_HAS_SMMUV3) != 0U)
-		smmuv3_init(PLAT_FVP_SMMUV3_BASE);
+	if ((arm_config.flags & ARM_CONFIG_FVP_HAS_SMMUV3) != 0U) {
+		if (smmuv3_security_init(PLAT_FVP_SMMUV3_BASE) != 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Don't proceed for smmuv3 initialization if the
+			 * security init failed.
+			 */
+			return;
+		}
+		/* SMMUv3 initialization failure is not fatal */
+		if (smmuv3_init(PLAT_FVP_SMMUV3_BASE) != 0) {
+			WARN("Failed initializing SMMU.\n");
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void __init bl31_plat_arch_setup(void)