diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
index 216da126a06de9fc1ff1567878e645f3e0ac5bbe..48098deb9b7bc6280b7dda2297c0e945c2a01fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
@@ -663,10 +663,9 @@ mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_pcie_conf_write(struct pci_bridge_emul *bridge,
 
 	case PCI_EXP_LNKCTL:
 		/*
-		 * If we don't support CLKREQ, we must ensure that the
-		 * CLKREQ enable bit always reads zero.  Since we haven't
-		 * had this capability, and it's dependent on board wiring,
-		 * disable it for the time being.
+		 * PCIe requires that the Enable Clock Power Management bit
+		 * is hard-wired to zero for downstream ports but HW allows
+		 * to change it.
 		 */
 		new &= ~PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_CLKREQ_EN;