diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/pcie.c b/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/pcie.c
index c622c306c390..47905a50e075 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/pcie.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/pcie.c
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ static void __iomem *cns3xxx_pci_map_bus(struct pci_bus *bus,
 
 	/*
 	 * The CNS PCI bridge doesn't fit into the PCI hierarchy, though
-	 * we still want to access it. For this to work, we must place
-	 * the first device on the same bus as the CNS PCI bridge.
+	 * we still want to access it.
+	 * We place the host bridge on bus 0, and the directly connected
+	 * device on bus 1, slot 0.
 	 */
 	if (busno == 0) { /* internal PCIe bus, host bridge device */
 		if (devfn == 0) /* device# and function# are ignored by hw */
@@ -211,58 +212,46 @@ static void __init cns3xxx_pcie_check_link(struct cns3xxx_pcie *cnspci)
 	}
 }
 
+static void cns3xxx_write_config(struct cns3xxx_pcie *cnspci,
+					 int where, int size, u32 val)
+{
+	void __iomem *base = cnspci->host_regs + (where & 0xffc);
+	u32 v;
+	u32 mask = (0x1ull << (size * 8)) - 1;
+	int shift = (where % 4) * 8;
+
+	v = readl_relaxed(base + (where & 0xffc));
+
+	v &= ~(mask << shift);
+	v |= (val & mask) << shift;
+
+	writel_relaxed(v, base + (where & 0xffc));
+	readl_relaxed(base + (where & 0xffc));
+}
+
 static void __init cns3xxx_pcie_hw_init(struct cns3xxx_pcie *cnspci)
 {
-	int port = cnspci->port;
-	struct pci_sys_data sd = {
-		.private_data = cnspci,
-	};
-	struct pci_bus bus = {
-		.number = 0,
-		.ops = &cns3xxx_pcie_ops,
-		.sysdata = &sd,
-	};
 	u16 mem_base  = cnspci->res_mem.start >> 16;
 	u16 mem_limit = cnspci->res_mem.end   >> 16;
 	u16 io_base   = cnspci->res_io.start  >> 16;
 	u16 io_limit  = cnspci->res_io.end    >> 16;
-	u32 devfn = 0;
-	u8 tmp8;
-	u16 pos;
-	u16 dc;
 
-	pci_bus_write_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS, 0);
-	pci_bus_write_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_SECONDARY_BUS, 1);
-	pci_bus_write_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_SUBORDINATE_BUS, 1);
-
-	pci_bus_read_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS, &tmp8);
-	pci_bus_read_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_SECONDARY_BUS, &tmp8);
-	pci_bus_read_config_byte(&bus, devfn, PCI_SUBORDINATE_BUS, &tmp8);
-
-	pci_bus_write_config_word(&bus, devfn, PCI_MEMORY_BASE, mem_base);
-	pci_bus_write_config_word(&bus, devfn, PCI_MEMORY_LIMIT, mem_limit);
-	pci_bus_write_config_word(&bus, devfn, PCI_IO_BASE_UPPER16, io_base);
-	pci_bus_write_config_word(&bus, devfn, PCI_IO_LIMIT_UPPER16, io_limit);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS, 1, 0);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_SECONDARY_BUS, 1, 1);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_SUBORDINATE_BUS, 1, 1);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_MEMORY_BASE, 2, mem_base);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_MEMORY_LIMIT, 2, mem_limit);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_IO_BASE_UPPER16, 2, io_base);
+	cns3xxx_write_config(cnspci, PCI_IO_LIMIT_UPPER16, 2, io_limit);
 
 	if (!cnspci->linked)
 		return;
 
 	/* Set Device Max_Read_Request_Size to 128 byte */
-	bus.number = 1; /* directly connected PCIe device */
-	devfn = PCI_DEVFN(0, 0);
-	pos = pci_bus_find_capability(&bus, devfn, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP);
-	pci_bus_read_config_word(&bus, devfn, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, &dc);
-	if (dc & PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ) {
-		dc &= ~PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ;
-		pci_bus_write_config_word(&bus, devfn, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, dc);
-		pci_bus_read_config_word(&bus, devfn, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, &dc);
-		if (dc & PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ)
-			pr_warn("PCIe: Unable to set device Max_Read_Request_Size\n");
-		else
-			pr_info("PCIe: Max_Read_Request_Size set to 128 bytes\n");
-	}
+	pcie_bus_config = PCIE_BUS_PEER2PEER;
+
 	/* Disable PCIe0 Interrupt Mask INTA to INTD */
-	__raw_writel(~0x3FFF, MISC_PCIE_INT_MASK(port));
+	__raw_writel(~0x3FFF, MISC_PCIE_INT_MASK(cnspci->port));
 }
 
 static int cns3xxx_pcie_abort_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,