diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 9cb33706ef80..a9e4ca7b5e09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,6 @@ core_initcall_sync(eeh_init);
  */
 void eeh_add_device_early(struct pci_dn *pdn)
 {
-	struct pci_controller *phb = pdn ? pdn->phb : NULL;
 	struct eeh_dev *edev = pdn_to_eeh_dev(pdn);
 
 	if (!edev)
@@ -1129,11 +1128,6 @@ void eeh_add_device_early(struct pci_dn *pdn)
 	if (!eeh_has_flag(EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE))
 		return;
 
-	/* USB Bus children of PCI devices will not have BUID's */
-	if (NULL == phb ||
-	    (eeh_has_flag(EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE) && 0 == phb->buid))
-		return;
-
 	eeh_ops->probe(pdn, NULL);
 }