diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c
index 0c52c2de92e0..9df1d5018363 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -631,11 +631,12 @@ int eeh_dn_check_failure(struct device_node *dn, struct pci_dev *dev)
 	pdn = PCI_DN(dn);
 
 	/* Access to IO BARs might get this far and still not want checking. */
-	if (!pdn->eeh_capable || !(pdn->eeh_mode & EEH_MODE_SUPPORTED) ||
+	if (!(pdn->eeh_mode & EEH_MODE_SUPPORTED) ||
 	    pdn->eeh_mode & EEH_MODE_NOCHECK) {
 		__get_cpu_var(ignored_check)++;
 #ifdef DEBUG
-		printk ("EEH:ignored check for %s %s\n", pci_name (dev), dn->full_name);
+		printk ("EEH:ignored check (%x) for %s %s\n", 
+		        pdn->eeh_mode, pci_name (dev), dn->full_name);
 #endif
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/pci-bridge.h b/include/asm-ppc64/pci-bridge.h
index 60cf8c838af0..efbdaece0cf0 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/pci-bridge.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/pci-bridge.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct pci_dn {
 	int	devfn;			/* for pci devices */
 	int	eeh_mode;		/* See eeh.h for possible EEH_MODEs */
 	int	eeh_config_addr;
-	int	eeh_capable;		/* from firmware */
 	int 	eeh_check_count;	/* # times driver ignored error */
 	int 	eeh_freeze_count;	/* # times this device froze up. */
 	int	eeh_is_bridge;		/* device is pci-to-pci bridge */