diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.h b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.h
index 1e4b81e9eb5034a06c1b85406f0dbaf3da7f77a9..a0bf5df6cb6fa3eb77636bd32f49c702822794ab 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.h
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ struct hc_driver {
 
 		/* force handover of high-speed port to full-speed companion */
 	void	(*relinquish_port)(struct usb_hcd *, int);
+		/* has a port been handed over to a companion? */
+	int	(*port_handed_over)(struct usb_hcd *, int);
 };
 
 extern int usb_hcd_link_urb_to_ep(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 1a3d2879bc1d4ee0e1856c2862a37a6f58148341..8eb4da332f564c6c6daaa100a05bb27b30009d46 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -2753,7 +2753,11 @@ static void hub_port_connect_change(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1,
 		if ((status == -ENOTCONN) || (status == -ENOTSUPP))
 			break;
 	}
-	dev_err(hub_dev, "unable to enumerate USB device on port %d\n", port1);
+	if (hub->hdev->parent ||
+			!hcd->driver->port_handed_over ||
+			!(hcd->driver->port_handed_over)(hcd, port1))
+		dev_err(hub_dev, "unable to enumerate USB device on port %d\n",
+				port1);
  
 done:
 	hub_port_disable(hub, port1, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-au1xxx.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-au1xxx.c
index 8b5f991e949c09371c541f18f445eb2024355b0d..08a4335401a9cf815f229b5a07bc3d4fd0a1ad76 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-au1xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-au1xxx.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_au1xxx_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_suspend = ehci_bus_suspend,
 	.bus_resume = ehci_bus_resume,
 	.relinquish_port = ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over = ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.c
index 4843062e6e213380c7968b729f7fdeb6fe3e871e..7370d6187c64620260850fefc18e2054838108c3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_fsl_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_suspend = ehci_bus_suspend,
 	.bus_resume = ehci_bus_resume,
 	.relinquish_port = ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over = ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 static int ehci_fsl_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
index 382587c4457ccae83396be87280da2bf0da190ad..d613dc9e9c055b44c2f929e62ca7aee6acfa2df6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
@@ -875,3 +875,13 @@ static void ehci_relinquish_port(struct usb_hcd *hcd, int portnum)
 	set_owner(ehci, --portnum, PORT_OWNER);
 }
 
+static int ehci_port_handed_over(struct usb_hcd *hcd, int portnum)
+{
+	struct ehci_hcd		*ehci = hcd_to_ehci(hcd);
+	u32 __iomem		*reg;
+
+	if (ehci_is_TDI(ehci))
+		return 0;
+	reg = &ehci->regs->port_status[portnum - 1];
+	return ehci_readl(ehci, reg) & PORT_OWNER;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ixp4xx.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ixp4xx.c
index 539257f1592486e8e8a345b7ea9b460d6c146411..9d042f220097c874286e5e2322fc7367418a3361 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ixp4xx.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ixp4xx.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ixp4xx_ehci_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_resume		= ehci_bus_resume,
 #endif
 	.relinquish_port	= ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over	= ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 static int ixp4xx_ehci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
index 9c5266d02d6c05fdf12fd65a3119a7026229fe3d..ab625f0ba1d92da4fa26d4dcb4516ce2a4403ef7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-orion.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_orion_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_suspend = ehci_bus_suspend,
 	.bus_resume = ehci_bus_resume,
 	.relinquish_port = ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over = ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 static void __init
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
index 6ff453f935e7b2d628b19bef6e0846076dea121b..c46a58f9181ded00f97627f076277fd32db9ff79 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_pci_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_suspend =		ehci_bus_suspend,
 	.bus_resume =		ehci_bus_resume,
 	.relinquish_port =	ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over =	ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-of.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-of.c
index d94a2ef4944ca014cf48d0bda7f9c23d4b9621f6..b018deed2e8f14e278f999488a4e7bda73a81197 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-of.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-of.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_ppc_of_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_resume		= ehci_bus_resume,
 #endif
 	.relinquish_port	= ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over	= ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-soc.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-soc.c
index 6c76036783a175804673728aef8054d189ea8236..529590eb40374c4dc024088a2e13a2ced6a38cea 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-soc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ppc-soc.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ehci_ppc_soc_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_suspend = ehci_bus_suspend,
 	.bus_resume = ehci_bus_resume,
 	.relinquish_port = ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over = ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 static int ehci_hcd_ppc_soc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c
index 69782221bcf358edd99607dbcbf843cb5c371ea6..37e6abeb794c62026af0e23d6a5b914c9c250450 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static const struct hc_driver ps3_ehci_hc_driver = {
 	.bus_resume		= ehci_bus_resume,
 #endif
 	.relinquish_port	= ehci_relinquish_port,
+	.port_handed_over	= ehci_port_handed_over,
 };
 
 static int ps3_ehci_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev)