diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index 677102baf3cd..219637ea69a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ struct pci_dn;
 #ifdef CONFIG_EEH
 
 /* EEH subsystem flags */
-#define EEH_ENABLED		0x01	/* EEH enabled		*/
-#define EEH_FORCE_DISABLED	0x02	/* EEH disabled		*/
-#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV	0x04	/* From PCI device	*/
-#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE	0x08	/* From device tree	*/
-#define EEH_VALID_PE_ZERO	0x10	/* PE#0 is valid	*/
-#define EEH_ENABLE_IO_FOR_LOG	0x20	/* Enable IO for log	*/
-#define EEH_EARLY_DUMP_LOG	0x40	/* Dump log immediately	*/
+#define EEH_ENABLED		0x01	/* EEH enabled			     */
+#define EEH_FORCE_DISABLED	0x02	/* EEH disabled			     */
+#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV	0x04	/* From PCI device		     */
+#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE	0x08	/* From device tree		     */
+#define EEH_VALID_PE_ZERO	0x10	/* PE#0 is valid		     */
+#define EEH_ENABLE_IO_FOR_LOG	0x20	/* Enable IO for log		     */
+#define EEH_EARLY_DUMP_LOG	0x40	/* Dump log immediately		     */
+#define EEH_POSTPONED_PROBE	0x80    /* Powernv may postpone device probe */
 
 /*
  * Delay for PE reset, all in ms
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 5746809cfaad..6ebba3e48b01 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static int eeh_init(void)
 
 	if (eeh_enabled())
 		pr_info("EEH: PCI Enhanced I/O Error Handling Enabled\n");
-	else
+	else if (!eeh_has_flag(EEH_POSTPONED_PROBE))
 		pr_info("EEH: No capable adapters found\n");
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
index ddfc3544d285..3c1beae29f2d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ int pnv_eeh_post_init(void)
 	eeh_probe_devices();
 	eeh_addr_cache_build();
 
+	if (eeh_has_flag(EEH_POSTPONED_PROBE)) {
+		eeh_clear_flag(EEH_POSTPONED_PROBE);
+		if (eeh_enabled())
+			pr_info("EEH: PCI Enhanced I/O Error Handling Enabled\n");
+		else
+			pr_info("EEH: No capable adapters found\n");
+	}
+
 	/* Register OPAL event notifier */
 	eeh_event_irq = opal_event_request(ilog2(OPAL_EVENT_PCI_ERROR));
 	if (eeh_event_irq < 0) {
@@ -384,8 +392,10 @@ static void *pnv_eeh_probe(struct pci_dn *pdn, void *data)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Skip if we haven't probed yet */
-	if (phb->ioda.pe_rmap[config_addr] == IODA_INVALID_PE)
+	if (phb->ioda.pe_rmap[config_addr] == IODA_INVALID_PE) {
+		eeh_add_flag(EEH_POSTPONED_PROBE);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* Initialize eeh device */
 	edev->class_code = pdn->class_code;