diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
index e1c360a5b0db..b636e245445d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ static void pbus_assign_resources_sorted(const struct pci_bus *bus)
 		res = list->res;
 		idx = res - &list->dev->resource[0];
 		if (pci_assign_resource(list->dev, idx)) {
-			/* FIXME: get rid of this */
 			res->start = 0;
 			res->end = 0;
 			res->flags = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-res.c b/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
index 3039fcb86afc..0b6908b48935 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
@@ -135,23 +135,16 @@ void pci_disable_bridge_window(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS */
 
-int pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
+static int __pci_assign_resource(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev,
+				 int resno)
 {
-	struct pci_bus *bus = dev->bus;
 	struct resource *res = dev->resource + resno;
 	resource_size_t size, min, align;
 	int ret;
 
 	size = resource_size(res);
 	min = (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO) ? PCIBIOS_MIN_IO : PCIBIOS_MIN_MEM;
-
 	align = resource_alignment(res);
-	if (!align) {
-		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: can't allocate resource (bogus "
-			"alignment) %pR flags %#lx\n",
-			resno, res, res->flags);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	/* First, try exact prefetching match.. */
 	ret = pci_bus_alloc_resource(bus, res, size, align, min,
@@ -169,10 +162,7 @@ int pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
 					     pcibios_align_resource, dev);
 	}
 
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: can't allocate %s resource %pR\n",
-			resno, res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO ? "I/O" : "mem", res);
-	} else {
+	if (!ret) {
 		res->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_STARTALIGN;
 		if (resno < PCI_BRIDGE_RESOURCES)
 			pci_update_resource(dev, resno);
@@ -181,6 +171,39 @@ int pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
+{
+	struct resource *res = dev->resource + resno;
+	resource_size_t align;
+	struct pci_bus *bus;
+	int ret;
+
+	align = resource_alignment(res);
+	if (!align) {
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: can't allocate resource (bogus "
+			"alignment) %pR flags %#lx\n",
+			resno, res, res->flags);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	bus = dev->bus;
+	while ((ret = __pci_assign_resource(bus, dev, resno))) {
+		if (bus->parent && bus->self->transparent)
+			bus = bus->parent;
+		else
+			bus = NULL;
+		if (bus)
+			continue;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (ret)
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: can't allocate %s resource %pR\n",
+			resno, res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO ? "I/O" : "mem", res);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #if 0
 int pci_assign_resource_fixed(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
 {