diff --git a/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c b/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
index 3aeb327..2c7edf3 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c
@@ -689,23 +689,7 @@
 				bus->resource[i++] = &(ldev->hba.elmmio_space);
 		}
 
-
-		/*   Overlaps with elmmio can (and should) fail here.
-		 *   We will prune (or ignore) the distributed range.
-		 *
-		 *   FIXME: SBA code should register all elmmio ranges first.
-		 *      that would take care of elmmio ranges routed
-		 *	to a different rope (already discovered) from
-		 *	getting registered *after* LBA code has already
-		 *	registered it's distributed lmmio range.
-		 */
-		if (truncate_pat_collision(&iomem_resource,
-				       	&(ldev->hba.lmmio_space))) {
-
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "LBA: lmmio_space [%lx/%lx] duplicate!\n",
-					(long)ldev->hba.lmmio_space.start,
-					(long)ldev->hba.lmmio_space.end);
-		} else {
+		if (ldev->hba.lmmio_space.flags) {
 			err = request_resource(&iomem_resource, &(ldev->hba.lmmio_space));
 			if (err < 0) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "FAILED: lba_fixup_bus() request for "
@@ -1518,6 +1502,23 @@
 	if (lba_dev->hba.bus_num.start < lba_next_bus)
 		lba_dev->hba.bus_num.start = lba_next_bus;
 
+	/*   Overlaps with elmmio can (and should) fail here.
+	 *   We will prune (or ignore) the distributed range.
+	 *
+	 *   FIXME: SBA code should register all elmmio ranges first.
+	 *      that would take care of elmmio ranges routed
+	 *	to a different rope (already discovered) from
+	 *	getting registered *after* LBA code has already
+	 *	registered it's distributed lmmio range.
+	 */
+	if (truncate_pat_collision(&iomem_resource,
+				   &(lba_dev->hba.lmmio_space))) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "LBA: lmmio_space [%lx/%lx] duplicate!\n",
+				(long)lba_dev->hba.lmmio_space.start,
+				(long)lba_dev->hba.lmmio_space.end);
+		lba_dev->hba.lmmio_space.flags = 0;
+	}
+
 	dev->dev.platform_data = lba_dev;
 	lba_bus = lba_dev->hba.hba_bus =
 		pci_scan_bus_parented(&dev->dev, lba_dev->hba.bus_num.start,