diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/pmem.c b/drivers/cxl/core/pmem.c
index e1325936183a..e3a8b8d81333 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/pmem.c
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ static void unregister_nvb(void *_cxl_nvb)
 	device_unregister(&cxl_nvb->dev);
 }
 
+static bool cxl_nvdimm_bridge_failed_attach(struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *cxl_nvb)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &cxl_nvb->dev;
+
+	guard(device)(dev);
+	/* If the device has no driver, then it failed to attach. */
+	return dev->driver == NULL;
+}
+
 struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *__devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge(struct device *host,
 						       struct cxl_port *port)
 {
@@ -138,6 +147,11 @@ struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *__devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge(struct device *host,
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
 
+	if (cxl_nvdimm_bridge_failed_attach(cxl_nvb)) {
+		unregister_nvb(cxl_nvb);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	}
+
 	rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(host, unregister_nvb, cxl_nvb);
 	if (rc)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
@@ -247,6 +261,21 @@ int devm_cxl_add_nvdimm(struct cxl_port *parent_port,
 	if (!cxl_nvb)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/*
+	 * Take the uport_dev lock to guard against race of nvdimm_bus object.
+	 * cxl_acpi_probe() registers the nvdimm_bus and is done under the
+	 * root port uport_dev lock.
+	 *
+	 * Take the cxl_nvb device lock to ensure that cxl_nvb driver is in a
+	 * consistent state. And the driver registers nvdimm_bus.
+	 */
+	guard(device)(cxl_nvb->port->uport_dev);
+	guard(device)(&cxl_nvb->dev);
+	if (!cxl_nvb->nvdimm_bus) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_alloc;
+	}
+
 	cxl_nvd = cxl_nvdimm_alloc(cxl_nvb, cxlmd);
 	if (IS_ERR(cxl_nvd)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(cxl_nvd);
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
index 443296da74db..3a794278cc7f 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -555,11 +555,16 @@ struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge {
 
 #define CXL_DEV_ID_LEN 19
 
+enum {
+	CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED = 0,
+};
+
 struct cxl_nvdimm {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd;
 	u8 dev_id[CXL_DEV_ID_LEN]; /* for nvdimm, string of 'serial' */
 	u64 dirty_shutdowns;
+	unsigned long flags;
 };
 
 struct cxl_pmem_region_mapping {
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pmem.c b/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
index 714beaf1704b..c00b84b96076 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pmem.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 static __read_mostly DECLARE_BITMAP(exclusive_cmds, CXL_MEM_COMMAND_ID_MAX);
 
 /**
- * __devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() - add the root of a LIBNVDIMM topology
+ * devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() - add the root of a LIBNVDIMM topology
  * @host: platform firmware root device
  * @port: CXL port at the root of a CXL topology
  *
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ static int cxl_nvdimm_probe(struct device *dev)
 	struct nvdimm *nvdimm;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (test_bit(CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED, &cxl_nvd->flags))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	set_exclusive_cxl_commands(mds, exclusive_cmds);
 	rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, clear_exclusive, mds);
 	if (rc)
@@ -323,8 +326,10 @@ static int detach_nvdimm(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	scoped_guard(device, dev) {
 		if (dev->driver) {
 			cxl_nvd = to_cxl_nvdimm(dev);
-			if (cxl_nvd->cxlmd && cxl_nvd->cxlmd->cxl_nvb == data)
+			if (cxl_nvd->cxlmd && cxl_nvd->cxlmd->cxl_nvb == data) {
 				release = true;
+				set_bit(CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED, &cxl_nvd->flags);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if (release)
@@ -367,6 +372,7 @@ static struct cxl_driver cxl_nvdimm_bridge_driver = {
 	.probe = cxl_nvdimm_bridge_probe,
 	.id = CXL_DEVICE_NVDIMM_BRIDGE,
 	.drv = {
+		.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
 		.suppress_bind_attrs = true,
 	},
 };