diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/i386.c b/arch/x86/pci/i386.c
index 6fdb3ec30c31..55253095be84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/i386.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/i386.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static void __init pcibios_allocate_resources(int pass)
 					idx, r, disabled, pass);
 				if (pci_claim_resource(dev, idx) < 0) {
 					/* We'll assign a new address later */
+					dev->fw_addr[idx] = r->start;
 					r->end -= r->start;
 					r->start = 0;
 				}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-res.c b/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
index 92379e2d37e7..2aaa13150de3 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-res.c
@@ -156,6 +156,38 @@ static int __pci_assign_resource(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev,
 					     pcibios_align_resource, dev);
 	}
 
+	if (ret < 0 && dev->fw_addr[resno]) {
+		struct resource *root, *conflict;
+		resource_size_t start, end;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we failed to assign anything, let's try the address
+		 * where firmware left it.  That at least has a chance of
+		 * working, which is better than just leaving it disabled.
+		 */
+
+		if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO)
+			root = &ioport_resource;
+		else
+			root = &iomem_resource;
+
+		start = res->start;
+		end = res->end;
+		res->start = dev->fw_addr[resno];
+		res->end = res->start + size - 1;
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: trying firmware assignment %pR\n",
+			 resno, res);
+		conflict = request_resource_conflict(root, res);
+		if (conflict) {
+			dev_info(&dev->dev,
+				 "BAR %d: %pR conflicts with %s %pR\n", resno,
+				 res, conflict->name, conflict);
+			res->start = start;
+			res->end = end;
+		} else
+			ret = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!ret) {
 		res->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_STARTALIGN;
 		dev_info(&dev->dev, "BAR %d: assigned %pR\n", resno, res);
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 7cb00845f150..f26fda76b87f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
 	 */
 	unsigned int	irq;
 	struct resource resource[DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE]; /* I/O and memory regions + expansion ROMs */
+	resource_size_t	fw_addr[DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE]; /* FW-assigned addr */
 
 	/* These fields are used by common fixups */
 	unsigned int	transparent:1;	/* Transparent PCI bridge */