diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c
index cd7d51988738..266447ee8867 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c
@@ -752,10 +752,11 @@ static int mvebu_sw_pci_bridge_write(struct mvebu_pcie_port *port,
 		 * If the mask is 0xffff0000, then we only want to write
 		 * the link control register, rather than clearing the
 		 * RW1C bits in the link status register.  Mask out the
-		 * status register bits.
+		 * RW1C status register bits.
 		 */
 		if (mask == 0xffff0000)
-			value &= 0xffff;
+			value &= ~((PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_LABS |
+				    PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_LBMS) << 16);
 
 		mvebu_writel(port, value, PCIE_CAP_PCIEXP + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL);
 		break;