diff --git a/hw/pci/pcie.c b/hw/pci/pcie.c
index d4010cf8f3..a733e2fb87 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pcie.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pcie.c
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ pcie_cap_v1_fill(PCIDevice *dev, uint8_t port, uint8_t type, uint8_t version)
                  QEMU_PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_NLW(QEMU_PCI_EXP_LNK_X1) |
                  QEMU_PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_CLS(QEMU_PCI_EXP_LNK_2_5GT));
 
-    if (dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA) {
-        pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
-                                   PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA);
-    }
-
     /* We changed link status bits over time, and changing them across
      * migrations is generally fine as hardware changes them too.
      * Let's not bother checking.
@@ -125,8 +120,7 @@ static void pcie_cap_fill_slot_lnk(PCIDevice *dev)
          */
         pci_long_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP,
                                    PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC);
-        pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
-                                   PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA);
+        /* the PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA will be set in the hotplug function */
 
         /*
          * Target Link Speed defaults to the highest link speed supported by
@@ -427,6 +421,7 @@ void pcie_cap_slot_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     PCIDevice *hotplug_pdev = PCI_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
     uint8_t *exp_cap = hotplug_pdev->config + hotplug_pdev->exp.exp_cap;
     PCIDevice *pci_dev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
+    uint32_t lnkcap = pci_get_long(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP);
 
     /* Don't send event when device is enabled during qemu machine creation:
      * it is present on boot, no hotplug event is necessary. We do send an
@@ -434,7 +429,8 @@ void pcie_cap_slot_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     if (!dev->hotplugged) {
         pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_SLTSTA,
                                    PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PDS);
-        if (pci_dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA) {
+        if (pci_dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA ||
+            (lnkcap & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC)) {
             pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
                                        PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA);
         }
@@ -448,7 +444,8 @@ void pcie_cap_slot_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
     if (pci_get_function_0(pci_dev)) {
         pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_SLTSTA,
                                    PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PDS);
-        if (pci_dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA) {
+        if (pci_dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA ||
+            (lnkcap & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC)) {
             pci_word_test_and_set_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
                                        PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA);
         }
@@ -640,6 +637,7 @@ void pcie_cap_slot_write_config(PCIDevice *dev,
     uint32_t pos = dev->exp.exp_cap;
     uint8_t *exp_cap = dev->config + pos;
     uint16_t sltsta = pci_get_word(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_SLTSTA);
+    uint32_t lnkcap = pci_get_long(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP);
 
     if (ranges_overlap(addr, len, pos + PCI_EXP_SLTSTA, 2)) {
         /*
@@ -695,7 +693,8 @@ void pcie_cap_slot_write_config(PCIDevice *dev,
 
         pci_word_test_and_clear_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_SLTSTA,
                                      PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PDS);
-        if (dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA) {
+        if (dev->cap_present & QEMU_PCIE_LNKSTA_DLLLA ||
+            (lnkcap & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC)) {
             pci_word_test_and_clear_mask(exp_cap + PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
                                          PCI_EXP_LNKSTA_DLLLA);
         }