diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
index 52a1ba70b3b6..c5dfb2c87d44 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-octeon.c
@@ -117,16 +117,11 @@ int pcibios_plat_dev_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	}
 
 	/* Enable the PCIe normal error reporting */
-	pos = pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP);
-	if (pos) {
-		/* Update Device Control */
-		pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, &config);
-		config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_CERE; /* Correctable Error Reporting */
-		config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_NFERE; /* Non-Fatal Error Reporting */
-		config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_FERE;  /* Fatal Error Reporting */
-		config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_URRE;  /* Unsupported Request */
-		pci_write_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, config);
-	}
+	config = PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_CERE; /* Correctable Error Reporting */
+	config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_NFERE; /* Non-Fatal Error Reporting */
+	config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_FERE;  /* Fatal Error Reporting */
+	config |= PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_URRE;  /* Unsupported Request */
+	pcie_capability_set_word(dev, PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, config);
 
 	/* Find the Advanced Error Reporting capability */
 	pos = pci_find_ext_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR);