diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
index 14232d57369c4de4f373f76e095ec95bb559345e..49798532b477b8630c77a203dfb76c62ad3caf46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
@@ -1457,7 +1457,6 @@ int fsl_rio_setup(struct platform_device *dev)
 	port->ops = ops;
 	port->priv = priv;
 	port->phys_efptr = 0x100;
-	rio_register_mport(port);
 
 	priv->regs_win = ioremap(regs.start, regs.end - regs.start + 1);
 	rio_regs_win = priv->regs_win;
@@ -1504,6 +1503,9 @@ int fsl_rio_setup(struct platform_device *dev)
 	dev_info(&dev->dev, "RapidIO Common Transport System size: %d\n",
 			port->sys_size ? 65536 : 256);
 
+	if (rio_register_mport(port))
+		goto err;
+
 	if (port->host_deviceid >= 0)
 		out_be32(priv->regs_win + RIO_GCCSR, RIO_PORT_GEN_HOST |
 			RIO_PORT_GEN_MASTER | RIO_PORT_GEN_DISCOVERED);
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index c29719cacbca00e108203361a25ee70cb5c8017f..86c9a091a2ffdbfb3cac0868f17824ee9f4e5b6d 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -1171,16 +1171,17 @@ static int rio_hdid_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("riohdid=", rio_hdid_setup);
 
-void rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *port)
+int rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *port)
 {
 	if (next_portid >= RIO_MAX_MPORTS) {
 		pr_err("RIO: reached specified max number of mports\n");
-		return;
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	port->id = next_portid++;
 	port->host_deviceid = rio_get_hdid(port->id);
 	list_add_tail(&port->node, &rio_mports);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rio_local_get_device_id);
diff --git a/include/linux/rio.h b/include/linux/rio.h
index 4e37a7cfa726f07dd65114c37a5ae3bc798904ab..4d50611112ba118e69df87888a81f764aee4c346 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio.h
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ union rio_pw_msg {
 };
 
 /* Architecture and hardware-specific functions */
-extern void rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *);
+extern int rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *);
 extern int rio_open_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, void *, int, int);
 extern void rio_close_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, int);
 extern int rio_open_outb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, void *, int, int);