diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index 32921f6f21b6..4a1ac6c55aee 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -959,7 +959,21 @@ static void pci_enable_crs(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 					 PCI_EXP_RTCTL_CRSSVE);
 }
 
+static unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus_extend(struct pci_bus *bus,
+					      unsigned int available_buses);
+
 /*
+ * pci_scan_bridge_extend() - Scan buses behind a bridge
+ * @bus: Parent bus the bridge is on
+ * @dev: Bridge itself
+ * @max: Starting subordinate number of buses behind this bridge
+ * @available_buses: Total number of buses available for this bridge and
+ *		     the devices below. After the minimal bus space has
+ *		     been allocated the remaining buses will be
+ *		     distributed equally between hotplug capable bridges.
+ * @pass: Either %0 (scan already configured bridges) or %1 (scan bridges
+ *        that need to be reconfigured.
+ *
  * If it's a bridge, configure it and scan the bus behind it.
  * For CardBus bridges, we don't scan behind as the devices will
  * be handled by the bridge driver itself.
@@ -969,7 +983,9 @@ static void pci_enable_crs(struct pci_dev *pdev)
  * them, we proceed to assigning numbers to the remaining buses in
  * order to avoid overlaps between old and new bus numbers.
  */
-int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
+static int pci_scan_bridge_extend(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev,
+				  int max, unsigned int available_buses,
+				  int pass)
 {
 	struct pci_bus *child;
 	int is_cardbus = (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_CARDBUS);
@@ -1080,6 +1096,9 @@ int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
 						bus->busn_res.end);
 		}
 		max++;
+		if (available_buses)
+			available_buses--;
+
 		buses = (buses & 0xff000000)
 		      | ((unsigned int)(child->primary)     <<  0)
 		      | ((unsigned int)(child->busn_res.start)   <<  8)
@@ -1101,7 +1120,7 @@ int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
 
 		if (!is_cardbus) {
 			child->bridge_ctl = bctl;
-			max = pci_scan_child_bus(child);
+			max = pci_scan_child_bus_extend(child, available_buses);
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * For CardBus bridges, we leave 4 bus numbers
@@ -1169,6 +1188,28 @@ int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
 
 	return max;
 }
+
+/*
+ * pci_scan_bridge() - Scan buses behind a bridge
+ * @bus: Parent bus the bridge is on
+ * @dev: Bridge itself
+ * @max: Starting subordinate number of buses behind this bridge
+ * @pass: Either %0 (scan already configured bridges) or %1 (scan bridges
+ *        that need to be reconfigured.
+ *
+ * If it's a bridge, configure it and scan the bus behind it.
+ * For CardBus bridges, we don't scan behind as the devices will
+ * be handled by the bridge driver itself.
+ *
+ * We need to process bridges in two passes -- first we scan those
+ * already configured by the BIOS and after we are done with all of
+ * them, we proceed to assigning numbers to the remaining buses in
+ * order to avoid overlaps between old and new bus numbers.
+ */
+int pci_scan_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus, struct pci_dev *dev, int max, int pass)
+{
+	return pci_scan_bridge_extend(bus, dev, max, 0, pass);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_scan_bridge);
 
 /*
@@ -2397,9 +2438,24 @@ void __weak pcibios_fixup_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
        /* nothing to do, expected to be removed in the future */
 }
 
-unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
+/**
+ * pci_scan_child_bus_extend() - Scan devices below a bus
+ * @bus: Bus to scan for devices
+ * @available_buses: Total number of buses available (%0 does not try to
+ *		     extend beyond the minimal)
+ *
+ * Scans devices below @bus including subordinate buses. Returns new
+ * subordinate number including all the found devices. Passing
+ * @available_buses causes the remaining bus space to be distributed
+ * equally between hotplug capable bridges to allow future extension of the
+ * hierarchy.
+ */
+static unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus_extend(struct pci_bus *bus,
+					      unsigned int available_buses)
 {
-	unsigned int devfn, max = bus->busn_res.start;
+	unsigned int used_buses, normal_bridges = 0, hotplug_bridges = 0;
+	unsigned int start = bus->busn_res.start;
+	unsigned int devfn, cmax, max = start;
 	struct pci_dev *dev;
 
 	dev_dbg(&bus->dev, "scanning bus\n");
@@ -2409,7 +2465,8 @@ unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 		pci_scan_slot(bus, devfn);
 
 	/* Reserve buses for SR-IOV capability. */
-	max += pci_iov_bus_range(bus);
+	used_buses = pci_iov_bus_range(bus);
+	max += used_buses;
 
 	/*
 	 * After performing arch-dependent fixup of the bus, look behind
@@ -2421,29 +2478,73 @@ unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 		bus->is_added = 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Calculate how many hotplug bridges and normal bridges there
+	 * are on this bus. We will distribute the additional available
+	 * buses between hotplug bridges.
+	 */
+	for_each_pci_bridge(dev, bus) {
+		if (dev->is_hotplug_bridge)
+			hotplug_bridges++;
+		else
+			normal_bridges++;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Scan bridges that are already configured. We don't touch them
 	 * unless they are misconfigured (which will be done in the second
 	 * scan below).
 	 */
-	for_each_pci_bridge(dev, bus)
-		max = pci_scan_bridge(bus, dev, max, 0);
+	for_each_pci_bridge(dev, bus) {
+		cmax = max;
+		max = pci_scan_bridge_extend(bus, dev, max, 0, 0);
+		used_buses += cmax - max;
+	}
 
 	/* Scan bridges that need to be reconfigured */
-	for_each_pci_bridge(dev, bus)
-		max = pci_scan_bridge(bus, dev, max, 1);
+	for_each_pci_bridge(dev, bus) {
+		unsigned int buses = 0;
+
+		if (!hotplug_bridges && normal_bridges == 1) {
+			/*
+			 * There is only one bridge on the bus (upstream
+			 * port) so it gets all available buses which it
+			 * can then distribute to the possible hotplug
+			 * bridges below.
+			 */
+			buses = available_buses;
+		} else if (dev->is_hotplug_bridge) {
+			/*
+			 * Distribute the extra buses between hotplug
+			 * bridges if any.
+			 */
+			buses = available_buses / hotplug_bridges;
+			buses = min(buses, available_buses - used_buses);
+		}
+
+		cmax = max;
+		max = pci_scan_bridge_extend(bus, dev, cmax, buses, 1);
+		used_buses += max - cmax;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure a hotplug bridge has at least the minimum requested
-	 * number of buses.
+	 * number of buses but allow it to grow up to the maximum available
+	 * bus number of there is room.
 	 */
-	if (bus->self && bus->self->is_hotplug_bridge && pci_hotplug_bus_size) {
-		if (max - bus->busn_res.start < pci_hotplug_bus_size - 1)
-			max = bus->busn_res.start + pci_hotplug_bus_size - 1;
-
-		/* Do not allocate more buses than we have room left */
-		if (max > bus->busn_res.end)
-			max = bus->busn_res.end;
+	if (bus->self && bus->self->is_hotplug_bridge) {
+		used_buses = max_t(unsigned int, available_buses,
+				   pci_hotplug_bus_size - 1);
+		if (max - start < used_buses) {
+			max = start + used_buses;
+
+			/* Do not allocate more buses than we have room left */
+			if (max > bus->busn_res.end)
+				max = bus->busn_res.end;
+
+			dev_dbg(&bus->dev, "%pR extended by %#02x\n",
+				&bus->busn_res, max - start);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2456,6 +2557,18 @@ unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
 	dev_dbg(&bus->dev, "bus scan returning with max=%02x\n", max);
 	return max;
 }
+
+/**
+ * pci_scan_child_bus() - Scan devices below a bus
+ * @bus: Bus to scan for devices
+ *
+ * Scans devices below @bus including subordinate buses. Returns new
+ * subordinate number including all the found devices.
+ */
+unsigned int pci_scan_child_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
+{
+	return pci_scan_child_bus_extend(bus, 0);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_scan_child_bus);
 
 /**
@@ -2753,6 +2866,7 @@ int pci_hp_add_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct pci_bus *parent = dev->bus;
 	int busnr, start = parent->busn_res.start;
+	unsigned int available_buses = 0;
 	int end = parent->busn_res.end;
 
 	for (busnr = start; busnr <= end; busnr++) {
@@ -2768,8 +2882,14 @@ int pci_hp_add_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	/* Scan bridges that are already configured */
 	busnr = pci_scan_bridge(parent, dev, busnr, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * Distribute the available bus numbers between hotplug capable
+	 * bridges to make extending the chain later possible.
+	 */
+	available_buses = end - busnr;
+
 	/* Scan bridges that need to be reconfigured */
-	pci_scan_bridge(parent, dev, busnr, 1);
+	pci_scan_bridge_extend(parent, dev, busnr, available_buses, 1);
 
 	if (!dev->subordinate)
 		return -1;
