diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
index f730914f6ff669477f115d31480cc6fc3010e48b..a63a380809d14c7ffaa6be198c0747f9b648193e 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
@@ -973,17 +973,6 @@ static void rio_init_em(struct rio_dev *rdev)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * rio_pw_enable - Enables/disables port-write handling by a master port
- * @port: Master port associated with port-write handling
- * @enable:  1=enable,  0=disable
- */
-static void rio_pw_enable(struct rio_mport *port, int enable)
-{
-	if (port->ops->pwenable)
-		port->ops->pwenable(port, enable);
-}
-
 /**
  * rio_enum_mport- Start enumeration through a master port
  * @mport: Master port to send transactions
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index 095801c4d239ac2648474063f6fe3670c8f3f43b..673774bf6dd676b2d7a37b2b6dddf480e5eba2d3 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -559,6 +559,24 @@ int rio_release_inb_pwrite(struct rio_dev *rdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rio_release_inb_pwrite);
 
+/**
+ * rio_pw_enable - Enables/disables port-write handling by a master port
+ * @mport: Master port associated with port-write handling
+ * @enable:  1=enable,  0=disable
+ */
+void rio_pw_enable(struct rio_mport *mport, int enable)
+{
+	if (mport->ops->pwenable) {
+		mutex_lock(&mport->lock);
+
+		if ((enable && ++mport->pwe_refcnt == 1) ||
+		    (!enable && mport->pwe_refcnt && --mport->pwe_refcnt == 0))
+			mport->ops->pwenable(mport, enable);
+		mutex_unlock(&mport->lock);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rio_pw_enable);
+
 /**
  * rio_map_inb_region -- Map inbound memory region.
  * @mport: Master port.
@@ -2041,6 +2059,7 @@ int rio_mport_initialize(struct rio_mport *mport)
 	mport->host_deviceid = rio_get_hdid(mport->id);
 	mport->nscan = NULL;
 	mutex_init(&mport->lock);
+	mport->pwe_refcnt = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/rio.h b/include/linux/rio.h
index 948f60550ae545b77ebc68275415a324052f9b86..cb3c47543bb09751e2561c49abc0ad12d23ca492 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ enum rio_phy_type {
  * @dma: DMA device associated with mport
  * @nscan: RapidIO network enumeration/discovery operations
  * @state: mport device state
+ * @pwe_refcnt: port-write enable ref counter to track enable/disable requests
  */
 struct rio_mport {
 	struct list_head dbells;	/* list of doorbell events */
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ struct rio_mport {
 #endif
 	struct rio_scan *nscan;
 	atomic_t state;
+	unsigned int pwe_refcnt;
 };
 
 static inline int rio_mport_is_running(struct rio_mport *mport)
diff --git a/include/linux/rio_drv.h b/include/linux/rio_drv.h
index 341b3bf7833342ab90aeede86b28cf2f71843368..9fb2bcd0a9876c1d56ba87ab904b46fc61b25135 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio_drv.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio_drv.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ extern int rio_request_inb_pwrite(struct rio_dev *,
 			int (*)(struct rio_dev *, union rio_pw_msg*, int));
 extern int rio_release_inb_pwrite(struct rio_dev *);
 extern int rio_inb_pwrite_handler(union rio_pw_msg *pw_msg);
+extern void rio_pw_enable(struct rio_mport *mport, int enable);
 
 /* LDM support */
 int rio_register_driver(struct rio_driver *);