diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
index 34bd00be8018..910d26ee0712 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,41 @@ static void pnv_pci_ioda_create_dbgfs(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
 }
 
+static void pnv_pci_enable_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *dev = bus->self;
+	struct pci_bus *child;
+
+	/* Empty bus ? bail */
+	if (list_empty(&bus->devices))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there's a bridge associated with that bus enable it. This works
+	 * around races in the generic code if the enabling is done during
+	 * parallel probing. This can be removed once those races have been
+	 * fixed.
+	 */
+	if (dev) {
+		int rc = pci_enable_device(dev);
+		if (rc)
+			dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error enabling bridge (%d)\n", rc);
+		pci_set_master(dev);
+	}
+
+	/* Perform the same to child busses */
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &bus->children, node)
+		pnv_pci_enable_bridge(child);
+}
+
+static void pnv_pci_enable_bridges(void)
+{
+	struct pci_controller *hose;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(hose, &hose_list, list_node)
+		pnv_pci_enable_bridge(hose->bus);
+}
+
 static void pnv_pci_ioda_fixup(void)
 {
 	pnv_pci_ioda_setup_PEs();
@@ -1140,6 +1175,8 @@ static void pnv_pci_ioda_fixup(void)
 
 	pnv_pci_ioda_create_dbgfs();
 
+	pnv_pci_enable_bridges();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EEH
 	eeh_probe_mode_set(EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV);
 	eeh_addr_cache_build();