diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
index 116ca37..9331650 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
@@ -866,6 +866,11 @@
 		xenbus_dev_error(pdev->xdev, err,
 				 "No PCI Roots found, trying 0000:00");
 		err = pcifront_scan_root(pdev, 0, 0);
+		if (err) {
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
+					 "Error scanning PCI root 0000:00");
+			goto out;
+		}
 		num_roots = 0;
 	} else if (err != 1) {
 		if (err == 0)
@@ -947,6 +952,11 @@
 		xenbus_dev_error(pdev->xdev, err,
 				 "No PCI Roots found, trying 0000:00");
 		err = pcifront_rescan_root(pdev, 0, 0);
+		if (err) {
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
+					 "Error scanning PCI root 0000:00");
+			goto out;
+		}
 		num_roots = 0;
 	} else if (err != 1) {
 		if (err == 0)