diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
index 2dc6890dbcaa..f4971fc72a77 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static struct pci_bridge_emul_ops mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_ops = {
  * Initialize the configuration space of the PCI-to-PCI bridge
  * associated with the given PCIe interface.
  */
-static void mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_init(struct mvebu_pcie_port *port)
+static int mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_init(struct mvebu_pcie_port *port)
 {
 	struct pci_bridge_emul *bridge = &port->bridge;
 	u32 pcie_cap = mvebu_readl(port, PCIE_CAP_PCIEXP);
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_init(struct mvebu_pcie_port *port)
 	bridge->data = port;
 	bridge->ops = &mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_ops;
 
-	pci_bridge_emul_init(bridge, PCI_BRIDGE_EMUL_NO_PREFETCHABLE_BAR);
+	return pci_bridge_emul_init(bridge, PCI_BRIDGE_EMUL_NO_PREFETCHABLE_BAR);
 }
 
 static inline struct mvebu_pcie *sys_to_pcie(struct pci_sys_data *sys)
@@ -1120,9 +1120,18 @@ static int mvebu_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		ret = mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_init(port);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(dev, "%s: cannot init emulated bridge\n",
+				port->name);
+			devm_iounmap(dev, port->base);
+			port->base = NULL;
+			mvebu_pcie_powerdown(port);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		mvebu_pcie_setup_hw(port);
 		mvebu_pcie_set_local_dev_nr(port, 1);
-		mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_init(port);
 	}
 
 	pcie->nports = i;