diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
index 82b78e331d8e..432b7cfd12a8 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
@@ -924,6 +924,13 @@ static void __exit cxl_acpi_exit(void)
 
 /* load before dax_hmem sees 'Soft Reserved' CXL ranges */
 subsys_initcall(cxl_acpi_init);
+
+/*
+ * Arrange for host-bridge ports to be active synchronous with
+ * cxl_acpi_probe() exit.
+ */
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: cxl_port");
+
 module_exit(cxl_acpi_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CXL ACPI: Platform Support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");