diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
index e345860c25eb995e81a3a82750cab71f2360b148..38e21cf7806ed59d6c925edd3e34f5c519d6a510 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -880,4 +880,6 @@ extern const struct cxl_backend_ops cxl_native_ops;
 extern const struct cxl_backend_ops cxl_guest_ops;
 extern const struct cxl_backend_ops *cxl_ops;
 
+/* check if the given pci_dev is on the the cxl vphb bus */
+bool cxl_pci_is_vphb_device(struct pci_dev *dev);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
index 6cae0445a7c809827e44373c8959c1a89c84351d..6634b7a3c42ba90b4c63e3be416a80bd392bb260 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,11 @@ static int cxl_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	int slice;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (cxl_pci_is_vphb_device(dev)) {
+		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "cxl_init_adapter: Ignoring cxl vphb device\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if (cxl_verbose)
 		dump_cxl_config_space(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
index 490b934864510697ba63bfd0d718213856046600..cdc7723b845dba3a086b4357c6cccca231423e5b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ void cxl_pci_vphb_remove(struct cxl_afu *afu)
 	pcibios_free_controller(phb);
 }
 
+bool cxl_pci_is_vphb_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct pci_controller *phb;
+
+	phb = pci_bus_to_host(dev->bus);
+
+	return (phb->ops == &cxl_pcie_pci_ops);
+}
+
 struct cxl_afu *cxl_pci_to_afu(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct pci_controller *phb;