diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index d9d35c27de25..2ce22d7b71a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct device_node;
 #define EEH_PE_RECOVERING	(1 << 1)	/* Recovering PE	*/
 #define EEH_PE_PHB_DEAD		(1 << 2)	/* Dead PHB		*/
 
+#define EEH_PE_KEEP		(1 << 8)	/* Keep PE on hotplug	*/
+
 struct eeh_pe {
 	int type;			/* PE type: PHB/Bus/Device	*/
 	int state;			/* PE EEH dependent mode	*/
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ int eeh_phb_pe_create(struct pci_controller *phb);
 struct eeh_pe *eeh_phb_pe_get(struct pci_controller *phb);
 struct eeh_pe *eeh_pe_get(struct eeh_dev *edev);
 int eeh_add_to_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev);
-int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev, int purge_pe);
+int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev);
 void eeh_pe_update_time_stamp(struct eeh_pe *pe);
 void *eeh_pe_dev_traverse(struct eeh_pe *root,
 		eeh_traverse_func fn, void *flag);
@@ -214,8 +216,7 @@ void eeh_add_device_tree_early(struct device_node *);
 void eeh_add_device_late(struct pci_dev *);
 void eeh_add_device_tree_late(struct pci_bus *);
 void eeh_add_sysfs_files(struct pci_bus *);
-void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *, int);
-void eeh_remove_bus_device(struct pci_dev *, int);
+void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *);
 
 /**
  * EEH_POSSIBLE_ERROR() -- test for possible MMIO failure.
@@ -265,9 +266,7 @@ static inline void eeh_add_device_tree_late(struct pci_bus *bus) { }
 
 static inline void eeh_add_sysfs_files(struct pci_bus *bus) { }
 
-static inline void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe) { }
-
-static inline void eeh_remove_bus_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe) { }
+static inline void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev) { }
 
 #define EEH_POSSIBLE_ERROR(val, type) (0)
 #define EEH_IO_ERROR_VALUE(size) (-1UL)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
index 2c1d8cb9b265..32d0d2018faf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ static inline struct eeh_dev *of_node_to_eeh_dev(struct device_node *dn)
 extern struct pci_bus *pcibios_find_pci_bus(struct device_node *dn);
 
 /** Remove all of the PCI devices under this bus */
-extern void __pcibios_remove_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus, int purge_pe);
 extern void pcibios_remove_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus);
 
 /** Discover new pci devices under this bus, and add them */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 582ad1ef46a8..ce81477316be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eeh_add_sysfs_files);
 /**
  * eeh_remove_device - Undo EEH setup for the indicated pci device
  * @dev: pci device to be removed
- * @purge_pe: remove the PE or not
  *
  * This routine should be called when a device is removed from
  * a running system (e.g. by hotplug or dlpar).  It unregisters
@@ -972,7 +971,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eeh_add_sysfs_files);
  * this device will no longer be detected after this call; thus,
  * i/o errors affecting this slot may leave this device unusable.
  */
-void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe)
+void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct eeh_dev *edev;
 
@@ -990,34 +989,11 @@ void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe)
 	edev->pdev = NULL;
 	dev->dev.archdata.edev = NULL;
 
-	eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(edev, purge_pe);
+	eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(edev);
 	eeh_addr_cache_rmv_dev(dev);
 	eeh_sysfs_remove_device(dev);
 }
 
-/**
- * eeh_remove_bus_device - Undo EEH setup for the indicated PCI device
- * @dev: PCI device
- * @purge_pe: remove the corresponding PE or not
- *
- * This routine must be called when a device is removed from the
- * running system through hotplug or dlpar. The corresponding
- * PCI address cache will be removed.
- */
-void eeh_remove_bus_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe)
-{
-	struct pci_bus *bus = dev->subordinate;
-	struct pci_dev *child, *tmp;
-
-	eeh_remove_device(dev, purge_pe);
-
-	if (bus && dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(child, tmp, &bus->devices, bus_list)
-			 eeh_remove_bus_device(child, purge_pe);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eeh_remove_bus_device);
-
 static int proc_eeh_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	if (0 == eeh_subsystem_enabled) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index 2b1ce17cae50..9ef3bbb8580a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -362,8 +362,10 @@ static int eeh_reset_device(struct eeh_pe *pe, struct pci_bus *bus)
 	 * devices are expected to be attached soon when calling
 	 * into pcibios_add_pci_devices().
 	 */
-	if (bus)
-		__pcibios_remove_pci_devices(bus, 0);
+	if (bus) {
+		eeh_pe_state_mark(pe, EEH_PE_KEEP);
+		pcibios_remove_pci_devices(bus);
+	}
 
 	/* Reset the pci controller. (Asserts RST#; resets config space).
 	 * Reconfigure bridges and devices. Don't try to bring the system
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ static int eeh_reset_device(struct eeh_pe *pe, struct pci_bus *bus)
 	if (bus) {
 		ssleep(5);
 		pcibios_add_pci_devices(bus);
+		eeh_pe_state_clear(pe, EEH_PE_KEEP);
 	}
 
 	pe->tstamp = tstamp;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
index 016588a6f5ed..32ef40940bad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int eeh_add_to_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev)
 		while (parent) {
 			if (!(parent->type & EEH_PE_INVALID))
 				break;
-			parent->type &= ~EEH_PE_INVALID;
+			parent->type &= ~(EEH_PE_INVALID | EEH_PE_KEEP);
 			parent = parent->parent;
 		}
 		pr_debug("EEH: Add %s to Device PE#%x, Parent PE#%x\n",
@@ -397,14 +397,13 @@ int eeh_add_to_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev)
 /**
  * eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe - Remove one EEH device from the associated PE
  * @edev: EEH device
- * @purge_pe: remove PE or not
  *
  * The PE hierarchy tree might be changed when doing PCI hotplug.
  * Also, the PCI devices or buses could be removed from the system
  * during EEH recovery. So we have to call the function remove the
  * corresponding PE accordingly if necessary.
  */
-int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev, int purge_pe)
+int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev)
 {
 	struct eeh_pe *pe, *parent, *child;
 	int cnt;
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev, int purge_pe)
 		if (pe->type & EEH_PE_PHB)
 			break;
 
-		if (purge_pe) {
+		if (!(pe->state & EEH_PE_KEEP)) {
 			if (list_empty(&pe->edevs) &&
 			    list_empty(&pe->child_list)) {
 				list_del(&pe->child);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-hotplug.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-hotplug.c
index 3dab2f2801b9..fc0831d4971f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-hotplug.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-hotplug.c
@@ -29,36 +29,7 @@
  */
 void pcibios_release_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-	eeh_remove_device(dev, 1);
-}
-
-/**
- * __pcibios_remove_pci_devices - remove all devices under this bus
- * @bus: the indicated PCI bus
- * @purge_pe: destroy the PE on removal of PCI devices
- *
- * Remove all of the PCI devices under this bus both from the
- * linux pci device tree, and from the powerpc EEH address cache.
- * By default, the corresponding PE will be destroied during the
- * normal PCI hotplug path. For PCI hotplug during EEH recovery,
- * the corresponding PE won't be destroied and deallocated.
- */
-void __pcibios_remove_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus, int purge_pe)
-{
-	struct pci_dev *dev, *tmp;
-	struct pci_bus *child_bus;
-
-	/* First go down child busses */
-	list_for_each_entry(child_bus, &bus->children, node)
-		__pcibios_remove_pci_devices(child_bus, purge_pe);
-
-	pr_debug("PCI: Removing devices on bus %04x:%02x\n",
-		 pci_domain_nr(bus),  bus->number);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
-		pr_debug("     * Removing %s...\n", pci_name(dev));
-		eeh_remove_bus_device(dev, purge_pe);
-		pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(dev);
-	}
+	eeh_remove_device(dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -70,8 +41,21 @@ void __pcibios_remove_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus, int purge_pe)
  */
 void pcibios_remove_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus)
 {
-	__pcibios_remove_pci_devices(bus, 1);
+	struct pci_dev *dev, *tmp;
+	struct pci_bus *child_bus;
+
+	/* First go down child busses */
+	list_for_each_entry(child_bus, &bus->children, node)
+		pcibios_remove_pci_devices(child_bus);
+
+	pr_debug("PCI: Removing devices on bus %04x:%02x\n",
+		 pci_domain_nr(bus),  bus->number);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
+		pr_debug("   Removing %s...\n", pci_name(dev));
+		pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(dev);
+	}
 }
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcibios_remove_pci_devices);
 
 /**