* It means we're on one of those controllers which doesn't support
         * the doorbell reset method and on which the PCI power management reset
         * method doesn't work (P800, for example.)
-        * In those cases, pretend the reset worked and hope for the best.
+        * In those cases, don't try to proceed, as it generally doesn't work.
         */
        active_transport = readl(&cfgtable->TransportActive);
        if (active_transport & PERFORMANT_MODE) {
                dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Unable to successfully reset controller,"
-                       " proceeding anyway.\n");
-               rc = -ENOTSUPP;
+                       " Ignoring controller.\n");
+               rc = -ENODEV;
        }
 
 unmap_cfgtable: