diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 7bcb64444a39..f71c361dc356 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 	int		(*pcibios_root_bridge_prepare)(struct pci_host_bridge
 				*bridge);
 
+	/* finds all the pci_controllers present at boot */
+	void 		(*discover_phbs)(void);
+
 	/* To setup PHBs when using automatic OF platform driver for PCI */
 	int		(*pci_setup_phb)(struct pci_controller *host);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
index 1c448cf25506..a2c258a8d736 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
@@ -1669,3 +1669,13 @@ static void fixup_hide_host_resource_fsl(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MOTOROLA, PCI_ANY_ID, fixup_hide_host_resource_fsl);
 DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_FREESCALE, PCI_ANY_ID, fixup_hide_host_resource_fsl);
+
+
+static int __init discover_phbs(void)
+{
+	if (ppc_md.discover_phbs)
+		ppc_md.discover_phbs();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+core_initcall(discover_phbs);