diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/switches/idt_gen2.c b/drivers/rapidio/switches/idt_gen2.c
index ac2701b22e7133f8239a3136b18a5f85799f8578..043ee3136e408412c6d9a92db354bafce1ac78fe 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/switches/idt_gen2.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/switches/idt_gen2.c
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ idtg2_route_add_entry(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u8 hopcount,
 	else
 		table++;
 
+	if (route_port == RIO_INVALID_ROUTE)
+		route_port = IDT_DEFAULT_ROUTE;
+
 	rio_mport_write_config_32(mport, destid, hopcount,
 				  LOCAL_RTE_CONF_DESTID_SEL, table);
 
@@ -411,6 +414,12 @@ static int idtg2_switch_init(struct rio_dev *rdev, int do_enum)
 	rdev->rswitch->em_handle = idtg2_em_handler;
 	rdev->rswitch->sw_sysfs = idtg2_sysfs;
 
+	if (do_enum) {
+		/* Ensure that default routing is disabled on startup */
+		rio_write_config_32(rdev,
+				    RIO_STD_RTE_DEFAULT_PORT, IDT_NO_ROUTE);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/switches/idtcps.c b/drivers/rapidio/switches/idtcps.c
index 3a971077e7bfc924da664209502fbc70ece30473..d06ee2d44b44794f08b23511b19339024bde2d4d 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/switches/idtcps.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/switches/idtcps.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ idtcps_route_add_entry(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u8 hopcount,
 {
 	u32 result;
 
+	if (route_port == RIO_INVALID_ROUTE)
+		route_port = CPS_DEFAULT_ROUTE;
+
 	if (table == RIO_GLOBAL_TABLE) {
 		rio_mport_write_config_32(mport, destid, hopcount,
 				RIO_STD_RTE_CONF_DESTID_SEL_CSR, route_destid);
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@ static int idtcps_switch_init(struct rio_dev *rdev, int do_enum)
 		/* set TVAL = ~50us */
 		rio_write_config_32(rdev,
 			rdev->phys_efptr + RIO_PORT_LINKTO_CTL_CSR, 0x8e << 8);
+		/* Ensure that default routing is disabled on startup */
+		rio_write_config_32(rdev,
+				    RIO_STD_RTE_DEFAULT_PORT, CPS_NO_ROUTE);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/switches/tsi57x.c b/drivers/rapidio/switches/tsi57x.c
index 1a62934bfebc5f7982b0583b286268793a94d49f..db8b8028988d38216290a3e6021573f527d9ee55 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/switches/tsi57x.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/switches/tsi57x.c
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ static int tsi57x_switch_init(struct rio_dev *rdev, int do_enum)
 	rdev->rswitch->em_init = tsi57x_em_init;
 	rdev->rswitch->em_handle = tsi57x_em_handler;
 
+	if (do_enum) {
+		/* Ensure that default routing is disabled on startup */
+		rio_write_config_32(rdev, RIO_STD_RTE_DEFAULT_PORT,
+				    RIO_INVALID_ROUTE);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }