diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
index f7197a790341..d1cd60f51f87 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
@@ -471,12 +471,15 @@ static int pcifront_scan_root(struct pcifront_device *pdev,
 	}
 	pcifront_init_sd(sd, domain, bus, pdev);
 
+	pci_lock_rescan_remove();
+
 	b = pci_scan_bus_parented(&pdev->xdev->dev, bus,
 				  &pcifront_bus_ops, sd);
 	if (!b) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->xdev->dev,
 			"Error creating PCI Frontend Bus!\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
+		pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
@@ -494,6 +497,7 @@ static int pcifront_scan_root(struct pcifront_device *pdev,
 	/* Create SysFS and notify udev of the devices. Aka: "going live" */
 	pci_bus_add_devices(b);
 
+	pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
 	return err;
 
 err_out:
@@ -556,6 +560,7 @@ static void pcifront_free_roots(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "cleaning up root buses\n");
 
+	pci_lock_rescan_remove();
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(bus_entry, t, &pdev->root_buses, list) {
 		list_del(&bus_entry->list);
 
@@ -568,6 +573,7 @@ static void pcifront_free_roots(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
 
 		kfree(bus_entry);
 	}
+	pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
 }
 
 static pci_ers_result_t pcifront_common_process(int cmd,
@@ -1043,8 +1049,10 @@ static int pcifront_detach_devices(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
 				domain, bus, slot, func);
 			continue;
 		}
+		pci_lock_rescan_remove();
 		pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(pci_dev);
 		pci_dev_put(pci_dev);
+		pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
 
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev,
 			"PCI device %04x:%02x:%02x.%d removed.\n",