diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
index d2ea01872d6a915d3e4dfb6777ef598ce5f46e90..e3efdf93df5aef1b76644810b720fc6d405493fb 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ static int __devinit rio_enum_peer(struct rio_net *net, struct rio_mport *port,
 	u16 destid;
 	int tmp;
 
+	if (rio_mport_chk_dev_access(port,
+			RIO_ANY_DESTID(port->sys_size), hopcount)) {
+		pr_debug("RIO: device access check failed\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (rio_get_host_deviceid_lock(port, hopcount) == port->host_deviceid) {
 		pr_debug("RIO: PE already discovered by this host\n");
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index aefc2a0004d44685b01c553b22424ac93930e1db..fa5e3cbe4c83c7238fc06743937ffcfe5b8c8dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ err_out:
  * @destid: Device destination ID in network
  * @hopcount: Number of hops into the network
  */
-static int
+int
 rio_mport_chk_dev_access(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u8 hopcount)
 {
 	int i = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.h b/drivers/rapidio/rio.h
index bc71ba1d239e02ed24e64da815bb703a73b9c021..d249a1205c7dd1d9064e3415d65c7e90c5b8f67f 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.h
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ extern u32 rio_mport_get_physefb(struct rio_mport *port, int local,
 				 u16 destid, u8 hopcount);
 extern u32 rio_mport_get_efb(struct rio_mport *port, int local, u16 destid,
 			     u8 hopcount, u32 from);
+extern int rio_mport_chk_dev_access(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid,
+				    u8 hopcount);
 extern int rio_create_sysfs_dev_files(struct rio_dev *rdev);
 extern int rio_enum_mport(struct rio_mport *mport);
 extern int rio_disc_mport(struct rio_mport *mport);