diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
index 7f459dfeadd3bb50c8768f448a91027f96042f97..081dfef4fe62e4e8866bab5633953bd3ebdacd0d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
@@ -1404,9 +1404,6 @@ int pcie_init(struct controller * ctrl, struct pcie_device *dev)
 	info("HPC vendor_id %x device_id %x ss_vid %x ss_did %x\n", pdev->vendor, pdev->device, 
 		pdev->subsystem_vendor, pdev->subsystem_device);
 
-	if (pci_enable_device(pdev))
-		goto abort_free_ctlr;
-	
 	mutex_init(&ctrl->crit_sect);
 	/* setup wait queue */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ctrl->queue);