diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
index 1c5f2fd47c511261a508b65a0805c8173624cfe6..2e2e2a2ff51d31e024cb7e08e9b8e78ffea45786 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static struct pci_bridge_emul_ops advk_pci_bridge_emul_ops = {
  * Initialize the configuration space of the PCI-to-PCI bridge
  * associated with the given PCIe interface.
  */
-static void advk_sw_pci_bridge_init(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
+static int advk_sw_pci_bridge_init(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
 {
 	struct pci_bridge_emul *bridge = &pcie->bridge;
 
@@ -633,8 +633,7 @@ static void advk_sw_pci_bridge_init(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
 	bridge->data = pcie;
 	bridge->ops = &advk_pci_bridge_emul_ops;
 
-	pci_bridge_emul_init(bridge, 0);
-
+	return pci_bridge_emul_init(bridge, 0);
 }
 
 static bool advk_pcie_valid_device(struct advk_pcie *pcie, struct pci_bus *bus,
@@ -1167,7 +1166,11 @@ static int advk_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	advk_pcie_setup_hw(pcie);
 
-	advk_sw_pci_bridge_init(pcie);
+	ret = advk_sw_pci_bridge_init(pcie);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register emulated root PCI bridge\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = advk_pcie_init_irq_domain(pcie);
 	if (ret) {