diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 4d83f50cc614cf37b0e19fe1b0a68cb3ac6fd8c5..2248a1999c64e18d50b5cc6aaae902a37279ad5e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ static void *eeh_dump_pe_log(void *data, void *flag)
 	struct eeh_dev *edev, *tmp;
 	size_t *plen = flag;
 
+	/* If the PE's config space is blocked, 0xFF's will be
+	 * returned. It's pointless to collect the log in this
+	 * case.
+	 */
+	if (pe->state & EEH_PE_CFG_BLOCKED)
+		return NULL;
+
 	eeh_pe_for_each_dev(pe, edev, tmp)
 		*plen += eeh_dump_dev_log(edev, pci_regs_buf + *plen,
 					  EEH_PCI_REGS_LOG_LEN - *plen);