diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware.c b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware.c
index 538bbf3..12c42fc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 
 static inline struct pcie_port *sys_to_pcie(struct pci_sys_data *sys)
 {
+	BUG_ON(!sys->private_data);
+
 	return sys->private_data;
 }
 
@@ -261,11 +263,6 @@
 	int irq, pos0, pos1, i;
 	struct pcie_port *pp = sys_to_pcie(desc->dev->bus->sysdata);
 
-	if (!pp) {
-		BUG();
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	pos0 = find_first_zero_bit(pp->msi_irq_in_use,
 			MAX_MSI_IRQS);
 	if (pos0 % no_irqs) {
@@ -326,10 +323,6 @@
 	/* get the port structure */
 	msi = irq_data_get_msi(data);
 	pp = sys_to_pcie(msi->dev->bus->sysdata);
-	if (!pp) {
-		BUG();
-		return;
-	}
 
 	/* undo what was done in assign_irq */
 	pos = data->hwirq;
@@ -350,11 +343,6 @@
 	struct msi_msg msg;
 	struct pcie_port *pp = sys_to_pcie(pdev->bus->sysdata);
 
-	if (!pp) {
-		BUG();
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	pci_read_config_word(pdev, desc->msi_attrib.pos+PCI_MSI_FLAGS,
 				&msg_ctr);
 	msgvec = (msg_ctr&PCI_MSI_FLAGS_QSIZE) >> 4;
@@ -729,11 +717,6 @@
 	struct pcie_port *pp = sys_to_pcie(bus->sysdata);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!pp) {
-		BUG();
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (dw_pcie_valid_config(pp, bus, PCI_SLOT(devfn)) == 0) {
 		*val = 0xffffffff;
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -758,11 +741,6 @@
 	struct pcie_port *pp = sys_to_pcie(bus->sysdata);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!pp) {
-		BUG();
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (dw_pcie_valid_config(pp, bus, PCI_SLOT(devfn)) == 0)
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
 
@@ -790,9 +768,6 @@
 
 	pp = sys_to_pcie(sys);
 
-	if (!pp)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (global_io_offset < SZ_1M && pp->config.io_size > 0) {
 		sys->io_offset = global_io_offset - pp->config.io_bus_addr;
 		pci_ioremap_io(global_io_offset, pp->io_base);