diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
index 97245e076548..f2481e80e272 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
@@ -344,10 +344,6 @@ static void advk_pcie_setup_hw(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
 
 	advk_pcie_wait_for_link(pcie);
 
-	reg = PCIE_CORE_LINK_L0S_ENTRY |
-		(1 << PCIE_CORE_LINK_WIDTH_SHIFT);
-	advk_writel(pcie, reg, PCIE_CORE_LINK_CTRL_STAT_REG);
-
 	reg = advk_readl(pcie, PCIE_CORE_CMD_STATUS_REG);
 	reg |= PCIE_CORE_CMD_MEM_ACCESS_EN |
 		PCIE_CORE_CMD_IO_ACCESS_EN |