diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
index 787f966f4088..4a26e5fd52c1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,7 @@ static int cxl_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	adapter = cxl_init_adapter(dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(adapter)) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "cxl_init_adapter failed: %li\n", PTR_ERR(adapter));
+		pci_disable_device(dev);
 		return PTR_ERR(adapter);
 	}