diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
index 5d753d4f2c75938e5fdd2c75b821ff98877cd2c9..e2595ba4b720123ad89908b26bf9f9eeff35255c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ void eeh_sysfs_add_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct eeh_dev *edev = pci_dev_to_eeh_dev(pdev);
 	int rc=0;
 
+	if (!eeh_enabled())
+		return;
+
 	if (edev && (edev->mode & EEH_DEV_SYSFS))
 		return;