diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/common.c b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
index 85503dee..ebc6f3c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
@@ -455,3 +455,26 @@
 	if (!dev->msi_enabled && pcibios_disable_irq)
 		pcibios_disable_irq(dev);
 }
+
+struct pci_bus *pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(int busno)
+{
+	struct pci_bus *bus = NULL;
+	struct pci_sysdata *sd;
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate per-root-bus (not per bus) arch-specific data.
+	 * TODO: leak; this memory is never freed.
+	 * It's arguable whether it's worth the trouble to care.
+	 */
+	sd = kzalloc(sizeof(*sd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sd) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: OOM, skipping PCI bus %02x\n", busno);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	sd->node = -1;
+	bus = pci_scan_bus(busno, &pci_root_ops, sd);
+	if (!bus)
+		kfree(sd);
+
+	return bus;
+}
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c b/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
index e7306db..c82cbf4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 		pci_read_config_byte(d, reg++, &subb);
 		DBG("i450NX PXB %d: %02x/%02x/%02x\n", pxb, busno, suba, subb);
 		if (busno)
-			pci_scan_bus(busno, &pci_root_ops, NULL);	/* Bus A */
+			pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(busno);	/* Bus A */
 		if (suba < subb)
-			pci_scan_bus(suba+1, &pci_root_ops, NULL);	/* Bus B */
+			pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(suba+1);	/* Bus B */
 	}
 	pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	u8 busno;
 	pci_read_config_byte(d, 0x4a, &busno);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: i440KX/GX host bridge %s: secondary bus %02x\n", pci_name(d), busno);
-	pci_scan_bus(busno, &pci_root_ops, NULL);
+	pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(busno);
 	pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 }
 DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82454GX, pci_fixup_i450gx);
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/irq.c b/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
index f2cb942..665db06 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@
 	for(i = 1; i < 256; i++) {
 		if (!busmap[i] || pci_find_bus(0, i))
 			continue;
-		if (pci_scan_bus(i, &pci_root_ops, NULL))
-			printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: Discovered primary peer bus %02x [IRQ]\n", i);
+		if (pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(i))
+			printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: Discovered primary peer "
+			       "bus %02x [IRQ]\n", i);
 	}
 	pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/legacy.c b/arch/i386/pci/legacy.c
index 149a958..5565d70 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/legacy.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/legacy.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			    l != 0x0000 && l != 0xffff) {
 				DBG("Found device at %02x:%02x [%04x]\n", n, devfn, l);
 				printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: Discovered peer bus %02x\n", n);
-				pci_scan_bus(n, &pci_root_ops, NULL);
+				pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(n);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/numa.c b/arch/i386/pci/numa.c
index adbe17a..f5f165f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/numa.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/numa.c
@@ -96,10 +96,14 @@
 		pci_read_config_byte(d, reg++, &suba);
 		pci_read_config_byte(d, reg++, &subb);
 		DBG("i450NX PXB %d: %02x/%02x/%02x\n", pxb, busno, suba, subb);
-		if (busno)
-			pci_scan_bus(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad,busno), &pci_root_ops, NULL);	/* Bus A */
-		if (suba < subb)
-			pci_scan_bus(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad,suba+1), &pci_root_ops, NULL);	/* Bus B */
+		if (busno) {
+			/* Bus A */
+			pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad, busno));
+		}
+		if (suba < subb) {
+			/* Bus B */
+			pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad, suba+1));
+		}
 	}
 	pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 }
@@ -123,8 +127,7 @@
 				continue;
 			printk("Scanning PCI bus %d for quad %d\n", 
 				QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad,0), quad);
-			pci_scan_bus(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad,0), 
-				&pci_root_ops, NULL);
+			pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(QUADLOCAL2BUS(quad, 0));
 		}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/visws.c b/arch/i386/pci/visws.c
index f1b486d..8ecb1c7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/visws.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/visws.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 		"bridge B (PIIX4) bus: %u\n", pci_bus1, pci_bus0);
 
 	raw_pci_ops = &pci_direct_conf1;
-	pci_scan_bus(pci_bus0, &pci_root_ops, NULL);
-	pci_scan_bus(pci_bus1, &pci_root_ops, NULL);
+	pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(pci_bus0);
+	pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(pci_bus1);
 	pci_fixup_irqs(visws_swizzle, visws_map_irq);
 	pcibios_resource_survey();
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/pci.h b/include/asm-i386/pci.h
index d790343..4fcacc7 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/pci.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 	int		node;		/* NUMA node */
 };
 
+/* scan a bus after allocating a pci_sysdata for it */
+extern struct pci_bus *pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(int busno);
+
 #include <linux/mm.h>		/* for struct page */
 
 /* Can be used to override the logic in pci_scan_bus for skipping
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/pci.h b/include/asm-x86_64/pci.h
index 88926eb..5da8cb0 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/pci.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 	void*		iommu;		/* IOMMU private data */
 };
 
+extern struct pci_bus *pci_scan_bus_with_sysdata(int busno);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU
 static inline void* pci_iommu(struct pci_bus *bus)
 {