diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 39954fe941b8..b5c425ea2974 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -499,8 +499,6 @@ unsigned long eeh_check_failure(const volatile void __iomem *token, unsigned lon
 	}
 
 	eeh_dev_check_failure(edev);
-
-	pci_dev_put(eeh_dev_to_pci_dev(edev));
 	return val;
 }
 
@@ -904,7 +902,6 @@ static void eeh_add_device_late(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	}
 	WARN_ON(edev->pdev);
 
-	pci_dev_get(dev);
 	edev->pdev = dev;
 	dev->dev.archdata.edev = edev;
 
@@ -992,7 +989,6 @@ static void eeh_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev, int purge_pe)
 	}
 	edev->pdev = NULL;
 	dev->dev.archdata.edev = NULL;
-	pci_dev_put(dev);
 
 	eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(edev, purge_pe);
 	eeh_addr_cache_rmv_dev(dev);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
index f9ac1232a746..e8c9fd546a5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
@@ -68,16 +68,12 @@ static inline struct eeh_dev *__eeh_addr_cache_get_device(unsigned long addr)
 		struct pci_io_addr_range *piar;
 		piar = rb_entry(n, struct pci_io_addr_range, rb_node);
 
-		if (addr < piar->addr_lo) {
+		if (addr < piar->addr_lo)
 			n = n->rb_left;
-		} else {
-			if (addr > piar->addr_hi) {
-				n = n->rb_right;
-			} else {
-				pci_dev_get(piar->pcidev);
-				return piar->edev;
-			}
-		}
+		else if (addr > piar->addr_hi)
+			n = n->rb_right;
+		else
+			return piar->edev;
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -156,7 +152,6 @@ eeh_addr_cache_insert(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long alo,
 	if (!piar)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pci_dev_get(dev);
 	piar->addr_lo = alo;
 	piar->addr_hi = ahi;
 	piar->edev = pci_dev_to_eeh_dev(dev);
@@ -250,7 +245,6 @@ restart:
 
 		if (piar->pcidev == dev) {
 			rb_erase(n, &pci_io_addr_cache_root.rb_root);
-			pci_dev_put(piar->pcidev);
 			kfree(piar);
 			goto restart;
 		}
@@ -302,12 +296,10 @@ void eeh_addr_cache_build(void)
 		if (!edev)
 			continue;
 
-		pci_dev_get(dev);  /* matching put is in eeh_remove_device() */
 		dev->dev.archdata.edev = edev;
 		edev->pdev = dev;
 
 		eeh_addr_cache_insert_dev(dev);
-
 		eeh_sysfs_add_device(dev);
 	}