diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
index 261fcc8261698391937343d0f24ae4b72a93c0e7..88e14d74b6de8ae4cd21010e29e7ba421e80bdd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c
@@ -525,11 +525,6 @@ void pci_common_init_dev(struct device *parent, struct hw_pci *hw)
 			 * Assign resources.
 			 */
 			pci_bus_assign_resources(bus);
-
-			/*
-			 * Enable bridges
-			 */
-			pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c b/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c
index b33f97a13e6d11650db6f5a183511356884ae51e..df9679238b6d20f480487040abe882cc41ae4cba 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int __init mcf_pci_init(void)
 	pci_fixup_irqs(pci_common_swizzle, mcf_pci_map_irq);
 	pci_bus_size_bridges(rootbus);
 	pci_bus_assign_resources(rootbus);
-	pci_enable_bridges(rootbus);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
index 594e60d6a43b256d5f65f04e751f624610b41b3d..33e7aa52d9c4451ca352221921e27c134246a52d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static void pcibios_scanbus(struct pci_controller *hose)
 		if (!pci_has_flag(PCI_PROBE_ONLY)) {
 			pci_bus_size_bridges(bus);
 			pci_bus_assign_resources(bus);
-			pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 102f5d58b0371ac512af95a4d8994b91ad53a227..60ed3e1c4b753dd92ba4c58cc59def3079ef2050 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ static void pcibios_scanbus(struct pci_channel *hose)
 
 		pci_bus_size_bridges(bus);
 		pci_bus_assign_resources(bus);
-		pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 	} else {
 		pci_free_resource_list(&resources);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
index 5917839321b8bb01254f57e0cde630f637ff76b2..faa1d29c0261a5255b223ff3f7e6ace32fb4386d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
@@ -527,9 +527,6 @@ static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	if (system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
 		pcibios_resource_survey_bus(root->bus);
 		pci_assign_unassigned_bus_resources(root->bus);
-
-		/* need to after hot-added ioapic is registered */
-		pci_enable_bridges(root->bus);
 	}
 
 	pci_bus_add_devices(root->bus);
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c b/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
index 19f6f70c67d398f8d585618901de98797ebbfcef..37e71ff6408dca41ff5790417f549eead9ddea97 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,6 @@ lba_driver_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 		lba_dump_res(&lba_dev->hba.lmmio_space, 2);
 #endif
 	}
-	pci_enable_bridges(lba_bus);
 
 	/*
 	** Once PCI register ops has walked the bus, access to config
diff --git a/drivers/pci/bus.c b/drivers/pci/bus.c
index b1ff02ab4f131fbda7edd9971342b9ae91bf4149..fc1b740137430b703a348b03d1c9420d19d21d7a 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/bus.c
@@ -216,24 +216,6 @@ void pci_bus_add_devices(const struct pci_bus *bus)
 	}
 }
 
-void pci_enable_bridges(struct pci_bus *bus)
-{
-	struct pci_dev *dev;
-	int retval;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(dev, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
-		if (dev->subordinate) {
-			if (!pci_is_enabled(dev)) {
-				retval = pci_enable_device(dev);
-				if (retval)
-					dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error enabling bridge (%d), continuing\n", retval);
-				pci_set_master(dev);
-			}
-			pci_enable_bridges(dev->subordinate);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 /** pci_walk_bus - walk devices on/under bus, calling callback.
  *  @top      bus whose devices should be walked
  *  @cb       callback to be called for each device found
@@ -301,4 +283,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_bus_put);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_bus_alloc_resource);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_bus_add_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_bus_add_devices);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_enable_bridges);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
index 59df8575a48ce834fb48ea002689ed97ed9ca51a..52dee9d31e1cad6070b8e78b0eb507dc39a4f16f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ static int __ref enable_device(struct acpiphp_slot *slot)
 	acpiphp_sanitize_bus(bus);
 	acpiphp_set_hpp_values(bus);
 	acpiphp_set_acpi_region(slot);
-	pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
 		/* Assume that newly added devices are powered on already. */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index e37fea6e178d2dab00d3334848d231117d525013..44a1a8a0ad7b8a2289f4bd9f6ad168c74cc2bfd4 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,24 @@ int pci_reenable_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void pci_enable_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return;
+
+	pci_enable_bridge(dev->bus->self);
+
+	if (pci_is_enabled(dev))
+		return;
+	retval = pci_enable_device(dev);
+	if (retval)
+		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error enabling bridge (%d), continuing\n",
+			retval);
+	pci_set_master(dev);
+}
+
 static int pci_enable_device_flags(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -1165,6 +1183,8 @@ static int pci_enable_device_flags(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&dev->enable_cnt) > 1)
 		return 0;		/* already enabled */
 
+	pci_enable_bridge(dev->bus->self);
+
 	/* only skip sriov related */
 	for (i = 0; i <= PCI_ROM_RESOURCE; i++)
 		if (dev->resource[i].flags & flags)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index 46ada5c098ebed710f24a7deb426720149b219fd..85c114cd91cc512a5d399c45de2f14d6769fbdb9 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,6 @@ unsigned int __ref pci_rescan_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 
 	max = pci_scan_child_bus(bus);
 	pci_assign_unassigned_bus_resources(bus);
-	pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 	pci_bus_add_devices(bus);
 
 	return max;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
index 4d9ebb4ce015cdf4c4cdf8a582bb200c94743553..8f86be13678fd866cf700a4c74561a11ba6e8578 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ pci_assign_unassigned_root_bus_resources(struct pci_bus *bus)
 
 	/* any device complain? */
 	if (list_empty(&fail_head))
-		goto enable_and_dump;
+		goto dump;
 
 	if (tried_times >= pci_try_num) {
 		if (enable_local == undefined)
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ pci_assign_unassigned_root_bus_resources(struct pci_bus *bus)
 			dev_info(&bus->dev, "Automatically enabled pci realloc, if you have problem, try booting with pci=realloc=off\n");
 
 		free_list(&fail_head);
-		goto enable_and_dump;
+		goto dump;
 	}
 
 	dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &bus->dev,
@@ -1482,10 +1482,7 @@ pci_assign_unassigned_root_bus_resources(struct pci_bus *bus)
 
 	goto again;
 
-enable_and_dump:
-	/* Depth last, update the hardware. */
-	pci_enable_bridges(bus);
-
+dump:
 	/* dump the resource on buses */
 	pci_bus_dump_resources(bus);
 }
@@ -1556,7 +1553,6 @@ void pci_assign_unassigned_bridge_resources(struct pci_dev *bridge)
 	if (retval)
 		dev_err(&bridge->dev, "Error reenabling bridge (%d)\n", retval);
 	pci_set_master(bridge);
-	pci_enable_bridges(parent);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_assign_unassigned_bridge_resources);
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c
index 9d3ac998fc1fac6bbfc35efb0ffac398613f6882..b2a98cdbd0d289dee032dfd71cd540ead129b8cc 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ int __ref cb_alloc(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
 	if (s->tune_bridge)
 		s->tune_bridge(s, bus);
 
-	pci_enable_bridges(bus);
 	pci_bus_add_devices(bus);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 0fd1f1582fa1cdf359b33f3cddeaa60026f492ac..8cd1e6f30acd1a85ea5511162e2a060c9cf58a05 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -1043,7 +1043,6 @@ int __must_check pci_bus_alloc_resource(struct pci_bus *bus,
 						  resource_size_t,
 						  resource_size_t),
 			void *alignf_data);
-void pci_enable_bridges(struct pci_bus *bus);
 
 /* Proper probing supporting hot-pluggable devices */
 int __must_check __pci_register_driver(struct pci_driver *, struct module *,