1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index e3cf8a2e6292..7c8ca351beae 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -838,16 +838,12 @@ int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
                         goto out;
                 }
 
-                if (max >= bus->busn_res.end) {
-                        dev_warn(&dev->dev, "can't allocate child bus %02x from %pR\n",
-                                 max, &bus->busn_res);
-                        goto out;
-                }
-
                 /* Clear errors */
                 pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_STATUS, 0xffff);
 
-                /* The bus will already exist if we are rescanning */
+                /* Prevent assigning a bus number that already exists.
+                 * This can happen when a bridge is hot-plugged, so in
+                 * this case we only re-scan this bus. */
                 child = pci_find_bus(pci_domain_nr(bus), max+1);
                 if (!child) {
                         child = pci_add_new_bus(bus, dev, max+1);