diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
index d320df6375a2c807f8a45a8badc247bf16a956bf..faa83b632a847f97b5cac082e6cf9d16b66ff80b 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
@@ -724,9 +724,6 @@ static void __pci_disable_link_state(struct pci_dev *pdev, int state, bool sem,
 	struct pci_dev *parent = pdev->bus->self;
 	struct pcie_link_state *link;
 
-	if (aspm_disabled && !force)
-		return;
-
 	if (!pci_is_pcie(pdev))
 		return;
 
@@ -736,6 +733,19 @@ static void __pci_disable_link_state(struct pci_dev *pdev, int state, bool sem,
 	if (!parent || !parent->link_state)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * A driver requested that ASPM be disabled on this device, but
+	 * if we don't have permission to manage ASPM (e.g., on ACPI
+	 * systems we have to observe the FADT ACPI_FADT_NO_ASPM bit and
+	 * the _OSC method), we can't honor that request.  Windows has
+	 * a similar mechanism using "PciASPMOptOut", which is also
+	 * ignored in this situation.
+	 */
+	if (aspm_disabled && !force) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (sem)
 		down_read(&pci_bus_sem);
 	mutex_lock(&aspm_lock);