diff --git a/board/amcc/canyonlands/canyonlands.c b/board/amcc/canyonlands/canyonlands.c
index f359d2377af..9495b621aca 100644
--- a/board/amcc/canyonlands/canyonlands.c
+++ b/board/amcc/canyonlands/canyonlands.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/4xx_pcie.h>
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 extern flash_info_t flash_info[CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS]; /* info for FLASH chips */
 
@@ -414,6 +415,8 @@ void pcie_setup_hoses(int busno)
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
 		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			continue;
 		if (ret) {
 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
 			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
diff --git a/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c b/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
index bcef707403d..aa6d0abddb8 100644
--- a/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
+++ b/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/4xx_pcie.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
@@ -391,6 +392,8 @@ void pcie_setup_hoses(int busno)
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
 		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			continue;
 		if (ret) {
 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
 			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
diff --git a/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c b/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
index 5ebe69272c4..5cd822a7fa6 100644
--- a/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
+++ b/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <fdt_support.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI)
 #include <pci.h>
@@ -317,6 +318,8 @@ void pcie_setup_hoses(int busno)
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
 		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			continue;
 		if (ret) {
 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
 			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
diff --git a/board/amcc/makalu/makalu.c b/board/amcc/makalu/makalu.c
index fb0e7b75eb9..d4277dda99c 100644
--- a/board/amcc/makalu/makalu.c
+++ b/board/amcc/makalu/makalu.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <fdt_support.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI)
 #include <pci.h>
@@ -273,6 +274,8 @@ void pcie_setup_hoses(int busno)
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
 		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			continue;
 		if (ret) {
 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
 			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
diff --git a/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c b/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
index 033bdd20fa7..5c9d49178cf 100644
--- a/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
+++ b/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/4xx_pcie.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 #include "yucca.h"
 
@@ -830,6 +831,8 @@ void pcie_setup_hoses(int busno)
 			yucca_setup_pcie_fpga_rootpoint(i);
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
 		}
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			continue;
 		if (ret) {
 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
 			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pcie.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pcie.c
index e880c288e1f..19d2c7dd2f4 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pcie.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_pcie.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <ppc4xx.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm-ppc/io.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 #if (defined(CONFIG_440SPE) || defined(CONFIG_405EX) ||	\
     defined(CONFIG_460EX) || defined(CONFIG_460GT)) && \
@@ -874,7 +875,7 @@ int ppc4xx_init_pcie_port(int port, int rootport)
 	val = SDR_READ(SDRN_PESDR_LOOP(port));
 	if (!(val & 0x00001000)) {
 		printf("PCIE%d: link is not up.\n", port);
-		return -1;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	/*