diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
index 8ae89273f58e..54e9d4d2cf5f 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ static struct acpi_device *to_cxl_host_bridge(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *adev = to_acpi_device(dev);
 
+	if (!acpi_pci_find_root(adev->handle))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (strcmp(acpi_device_hid(adev), "ACPI0016") == 0)
 		return adev;
 	return NULL;
@@ -266,10 +269,6 @@ static int add_host_bridge_uport(struct device *match, void *arg)
 	if (!bridge)
 		return 0;
 
-	pci_root = acpi_pci_find_root(bridge->handle);
-	if (!pci_root)
-		return -ENXIO;
-
 	dport = find_dport_by_dev(root_port, match);
 	if (!dport) {
 		dev_dbg(host, "host bridge expected and not found\n");
@@ -282,6 +281,11 @@ static int add_host_bridge_uport(struct device *match, void *arg)
 		return PTR_ERR(port);
 	dev_dbg(host, "%s: add: %s\n", dev_name(match), dev_name(&port->dev));
 
+	/*
+	 * Note that this lookup already succeeded in
+	 * to_cxl_host_bridge(), so no need to check for failure here
+	 */
+	pci_root = acpi_pci_find_root(bridge->handle);
 	ctx = (struct cxl_walk_context){
 		.dev = host,
 		.root = pci_root->bus,