diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
index e7c692cfb2cf..cad56ea61376 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ static int xen_pcibk_publish_pci_root(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int xen_pcibk_reconfigure(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
+static int xen_pcibk_reconfigure(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
+				 enum xenbus_state state)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	int num_devs;
@@ -373,9 +374,7 @@ static int xen_pcibk_reconfigure(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Reconfiguring device ...\n");
 
 	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-	/* Make sure we only reconfigure once */
-	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(pdev->xdev->nodename) !=
-	    XenbusStateReconfiguring)
+	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(pdev->xdev->nodename) != state)
 		goto out;
 
 	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, pdev->xdev->nodename, "num_devs", "%d",
@@ -500,6 +499,10 @@ static int xen_pcibk_reconfigure(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (state != XenbusStateReconfiguring)
+		/* Make sure we only reconfigure once. */
+		goto out;
+
 	err = xenbus_switch_state(pdev->xdev, XenbusStateReconfigured);
 	if (err) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
@@ -525,7 +528,7 @@ static void xen_pcibk_frontend_changed(struct xenbus_device *xdev,
 		break;
 
 	case XenbusStateReconfiguring:
-		xen_pcibk_reconfigure(pdev);
+		xen_pcibk_reconfigure(pdev, XenbusStateReconfiguring);
 		break;
 
 	case XenbusStateConnected:
@@ -664,6 +667,15 @@ static void xen_pcibk_be_watch(struct xenbus_watch *watch,
 		xen_pcibk_setup_backend(pdev);
 		break;
 
+	case XenbusStateInitialised:
+		/*
+		 * We typically move to Initialised when the first device was
+		 * added. Hence subsequent devices getting added may need
+		 * reconfiguring.
+		 */
+		xen_pcibk_reconfigure(pdev, XenbusStateInitialised);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		break;
 	}