diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
index a856d9ba42d206e73047ca8be858e38a57ca6b5c..fea58e9546f98115123c8db7ccfefdaf4a187e9a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
@@ -670,11 +670,12 @@ static void eeh_bridge_check_link(struct eeh_dev *edev)
 	eeh_ops->write_config(edev, cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, 2, val);
 
 	/* Check link */
-	eeh_ops->read_config(edev, cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP, 4, &val);
-	if (!(val & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC)) {
-		eeh_edev_dbg(edev, "No link reporting capability (0x%08x) \n", val);
-		msleep(1000);
-		return;
+	if (edev->pdev) {
+		if (!edev->pdev->link_active_reporting) {
+			eeh_edev_dbg(edev, "No link reporting capability\n");
+			msleep(1000);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Wait the link is up until timeout (5s) */