if (err) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "cciss: Cannot obtain PCI resources, "
                       "aborting\n");
-               goto err_out_disable_pdev;
+               return err;
        }
 
        subsystem_vendor_id = pdev->subsystem_vendor;
        return 0;
 
       err_out_free_res:
+       /*
+        * Deliberately omit pci_disable_device(): it does something nasty to
+        * Smart Array controllers that pci_enable_device does not undo
+        */
        pci_release_regions(pdev);
-
-      err_out_disable_pdev:
-       pci_disable_device(pdev);
        return err;
 }
 
                if (drv->queue)
                        blk_cleanup_queue(drv->queue);
        }
+       /*
+        * Deliberately omit pci_disable_device(): it does something nasty to
+        * Smart Array controllers that pci_enable_device does not undo
+        */
        pci_release_regions(pdev);
-       pci_disable_device(pdev);
        pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
        free_hba(i);
        return -1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
        kfree(hba[i]->scsi_rejects.complete);
 #endif
+       /*
+        * Deliberately omit pci_disable_device(): it does something nasty to
+        * Smart Array controllers that pci_enable_device does not undo
+        */
        pci_release_regions(pdev);
-       pci_disable_device(pdev);
        pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
        free_hba(i);
 }