diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
index d19f497..9284e42 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
@@ -218,9 +218,16 @@ static struct device_node *find_pe_dn(struct pci_dev *dev, int *total)
 	if (!dn)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Get the top level device in the PE */
+	/*
+	 * Get the top level device in the PE, but some PCI devices
+	 * without EEH capability (e.g. VirtIO based PCI devices)
+	 * don't have the associated PE. So we should not get the
+	 * top level device from PE for those PCI devices.
+	 */
 	edev = of_node_to_eeh_dev(dn);
-	edev = list_first_entry(&edev->pe->edevs, struct eeh_dev, list);
+	if (edev->pe)
+		edev = list_first_entry(&edev->pe->edevs,
+				struct eeh_dev, list);
 	dn = eeh_dev_to_of_node(edev);
 	if (!dn)
 		return NULL;