int pos, i = 0;
        struct pci_cap_saved_state *save_state;
        u16 *cap;
-       int found = 0;
 
        pos = pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP);
        if (pos <= 0)
                return 0;
 
        save_state = pci_find_saved_cap(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP);
-       if (!save_state)
-               save_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*save_state) + sizeof(u16) * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
-       else
-               found = 1;
        if (!save_state) {
-               dev_err(&dev->dev, "out of memory in pci_save_pcie_state\n");
+               dev_err(&dev->dev, "buffer not found in %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
        cap = (u16 *)&save_state->data[0];
        pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, &cap[i++]);
        pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_EXP_SLTCTL, &cap[i++]);
        pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_EXP_RTCTL, &cap[i++]);
-       save_state->cap_nr = PCI_CAP_ID_EXP;
-       if (!found)
-               pci_add_saved_cap(dev, save_state);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 static int pci_save_pcix_state(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-       int pos, i = 0;
+       int pos;
        struct pci_cap_saved_state *save_state;
-       u16 *cap;
-       int found = 0;
 
        pos = pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PCIX);
        if (pos <= 0)
                return 0;
 
        save_state = pci_find_saved_cap(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PCIX);
-       if (!save_state)
-               save_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*save_state) + sizeof(u16), GFP_KERNEL);
-       else
-               found = 1;
        if (!save_state) {
-               dev_err(&dev->dev, "out of memory in pci_save_pcie_state\n");
+               dev_err(&dev->dev, "buffer not found in %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-       cap = (u16 *)&save_state->data[0];
 
-       pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_X_CMD, &cap[i++]);
-       save_state->cap_nr = PCI_CAP_ID_PCIX;
-       if (!found)
-               pci_add_saved_cap(dev, save_state);
+       pci_read_config_word(dev, pos + PCI_X_CMD, (u16 *)save_state->data);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
        }
 }
 
+/**
+ * pci_add_save_buffer - allocate buffer for saving given capability registers
+ * @dev: the PCI device
+ * @cap: the capability to allocate the buffer for
+ * @size: requested size of the buffer
+ */
+static int pci_add_cap_save_buffer(
+       struct pci_dev *dev, char cap, unsigned int size)
+{
+       int pos;
+       struct pci_cap_saved_state *save_state;
+
+       pos = pci_find_capability(dev, cap);
+       if (pos <= 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       save_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*save_state) + size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!save_state)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       save_state->cap_nr = cap;
+       pci_add_saved_cap(dev, save_state);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pci_allocate_cap_save_buffers - allocate buffers for saving capabilities
+ * @dev: the PCI device
+ */
+void pci_allocate_cap_save_buffers(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+       int error;
+
+       error = pci_add_cap_save_buffer(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP, 4 * sizeof(u16));
+       if (error)
+               dev_err(&dev->dev,
+                       "unable to preallocate PCI Express save buffer\n");
+
+       error = pci_add_cap_save_buffer(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PCIX, sizeof(u16));
+       if (error)
+               dev_err(&dev->dev,
+                       "unable to preallocate PCI-X save buffer\n");
+}
+
 /**
  * pci_enable_ari - enable ARI forwarding if hardware support it
  * @dev: the PCI device